TX HB 4205

• County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)
• EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)
• Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)
• Law Enforcement (I0510)
• LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)
• Salaries & Expenses (I0745)

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• Bettencourtprimary

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1. 2025-03-10

   Filed

   filing

2. 2025-03-31

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

3. 2025-03-31

   Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

   referral-committee

4. 2025-04-21

   Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

5. 2025-04-21

   Considered by s/c in public hearing

6. 2025-04-21

   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

7. 2025-04-21

   Left pending in subcommittee

8. 2025-04-28

   Recalled from subcommittee

9. 2025-04-28

   Considered in formal meeting

10. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

11. 2025-05-05

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

12. 2025-05-05

    Committee report distributed

13. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

14. 2025-05-06

    Considered in Calendars

15. 2025-05-08

    Placed on General State Calendar

16. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

17. 2025-05-09

    Passed to engrossment

18. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

19. 2025-05-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

20. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

21. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

22. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

23. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

24. 2025-05-10

    Reported engrossed

25. 2025-05-12

    Received from the House

    introduction

26. 2025-05-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

27. 2025-05-13

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

28. 2025-05-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

29. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

30. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

31. 2025-05-15

    Vote reconsidered in committee

32. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

33. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

34. 2025-05-16

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

35. 2025-05-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

36. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

37. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

38. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

39. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

40. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

41. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

42. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

43. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

44. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

45. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

46. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

47. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

48. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

49. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

50. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

51. 2025-05-23

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

52. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

53. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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• passage

  2025-05-09 · pass · 106-24

  Member-level votes (153)

  • Allen: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Canales: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Bumgarner: no
  • Cook: no
  • DeAyala: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hickland: no
  • Holt: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Little: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Luther: no
  • Money: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Patterson: no
  • Pierson: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Shofner: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Landgraf(C: not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Cain: absent
  • Lozano: absent
  • Manuel: absent
  • Ros: absent
  • Excused: absent
  • Dutton: absent
  • King: absent
  • Talaric: absent
  • Bowers: absent
  • Cunningham: absent
  • Guillen: absent
  • Jones, V.: absent
  • Morales Shaw: absent
  • Oliverson: absent
  • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
  • Simmons: absent
  • Virdell: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Ward Johnson: absent

• passage

  2025-05-10 · pass · 103-27

  Member-level votes (151)

  • Allen: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dutton: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Cain: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hickland: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Kerwin: no
  • LaHood: no
  • Little: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Luther: no
  • McQueeney: no
  • Money: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Noble: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Patterson: no
  • Pierson: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Shofner: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Virdell: no
  • Wilson: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Harris(C: not voting
  • Bernal: absent
  • Bryant: absent
  • Canales: absent
  • Davis, Y.: absent
  • Geren: absent
  • Goodwin: absent
  • Hefner: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Fischer: absent
  • Meza: absent
  • Moody: absent
  • Morales Shaw: absent
  • Ordaz: absent
  • Perez, M.: absent
  • Talarico: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Gates: absent
  • Hul: absent

• passage

  2025-05-21 · pass · 25-6

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hagenbuch: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Middleton: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Cook: no
  • Eckhardt: no
  • Hall: no
  • Hancock: no
  • Hughes: no
  • Sparks: no

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4205 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-05-21 · pass · 25-6

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hagenbuch: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Middleton: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Cook: no
  • Eckhardt: no
  • Hall: no
  • Hancock: no
  • Hughes: no
  • Sparks: no

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