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The Texas Commission on Fire Protection is providing this list of fire protection-related bills for informational purposes only. The agency staff does not advocate or take a position for or against any proposed legislation. (If you see a bill that may be of interest to the Texas fire service, please let us know. Thanks!)
Last update: 4/19/2021
Learn more about each bill here.
Bills directly affecting Chapter 419 are highlighted in pink in the chart below.
Note: Texas Government Code Chapter 419 is the commissions governing statute
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Bill Type |
Bill Number |
Author |
Caption |
Bill Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB | 582 | Cole | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Voted favorably from committee on House Higher Education |
| HB | 600 | Johnson | Relating to the regular psychological examination of peace officers. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 786 | Oliverson | Relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for certain telecommunicators. | Passed by the House; received in the Senate; referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Servic |
| HB | 788 | Geren | Relating to the eligibility of emergency services dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program. | Passed by the House; received in the Senate |
| HB | 805 | Huberty | Relating to certain increases in benefits under the firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services |
| HB | 899 | Middleton | Relating to prohibiting a licensing authority from taking disciplinary action against certain license holders for violating an emergency management plan or a rule, order, or ordinance issued under the plan. | Referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB | 1034 | Goodwin | Relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire or wildland-urban interface code. | Referred to committee on House Land and Resource Management |
| HB | 1051 | Geren | Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| SB | 300 | Hinojosa | Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. | Referred to committee on Senate Finance |
| HB | 541 | Patterson | Relating to a presumption in regard to the eligibility of public safety employees who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for certain benefits. | Voted favorably as substituted by committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 1087 | Hawkins | Relating to acts for which a firefighter or police officer in certain municipalities may be subject to disciplinary procedures. | Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| SB | 333 | Johnson | Relating to the disciplinary suspension of police officers in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HB | 1205 | Guillen | Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain professionals for exceptional service to the State of Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. | Referred to committee on House Higher Education |
| SB | 32 | Zaffirini | Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain professionals for exceptional service to the State of Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. | Referred to committee on Senate Higher Education |
| HB | 1240 | Coleman | Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal and the authority of certain county employees to issue citations for certain violations. | Voted favorably from committee on House County Affairs |
| HB | 1265 | Price | Relating to creating the criminal offense of obstructing or interfering with a first responder or an emergency vehicle. | Referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB | 375 | Perry | Relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for certain telecommunicators. | Referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services |
| SB | 384 | Powell | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Referred to committee on Senate Higher Education |
| HB | 1279 | Kacal | Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain volunteer first responders. | Referred to committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB | 1310 | Guillen | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Referred to committee on House Higher Education |
| HB | 1309 | Guillen | Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. | Referred to committee on House Public Education |
| HB | 1341 | Leach | Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks for resident first responders, military service members, and veterans. | Reported favorably from committee on House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism |
| HB | 1440 | Schaefer | Relating to the availability of personal information of individuals who are honorably retired from certain law enforcement positions. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| SB | 504 | Miles | Relating to authority of a county fire marshal to inspect group homes and assisted living facilities. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 527 | Springer | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB | 1498 | Martinez | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 1499 | White | Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders and volunteer emergency services personnel. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 1561 | Gervin-Hawkins | Relating to entrance examinations for applicants for beginning positions in fire and police departments in certain municipalities. | Voted favorably from committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1563 | Gervin-Hawkins | Relating to the disclosure of information in department files of fire fighters or police officers in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1692 | Tinderholt | Relating to the amounts budgeted by certain political subdivisions for fire protection, law enforcement, or emergency medical services. | Referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB | 1747 | Lozano | Relating to a recommendation by the COVID-19 Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel to prioritize first responders in vaccine allocation and distribution. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 1819 | Martinez | Relating to the powers of board members of certain emergency services districts. | Referred to committee on House County Affairs |
| SB | 658 | Miles | Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal and the authority of certain county employees to issue citations for certain violations. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 664 | Powell | Relating to procedures for peace officers and emergency medical services personnel who respond to calls involving an alleged or suspected act of strangulation. | Referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HCR | 39 | Lambert | Urging Congress to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security program. | Referred to committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services |
| HB | 1898 | Beckley | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain emergency operators or dispatchers. | Referred to committee on House Higher Education |
| HB | 1940 | Gervin-Hawkins | Relating to the appeal to a civil service commission of a disciplinary suspension of a fire fighter or police officer in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1973 | Canales | Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters. | Voted favorably from committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1989 | Thierry | Relating to the state reserve of personal protective equipment for health care workers and essential personnel. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 2004 | Ashby | Relating to a limitation on liability and sanctions in connection with certain prescribed burns. | Passed by the House; received in the Senate; referred to committee on Senate Water, Agriculture and |
| HB | 2047 | Talarico | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 2073 | Burrows | Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision. | Passed by the House; received in the Senate; referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| HB | 2087 | Perez | Relating to mandatory arbitration for certain municipal fire departments and employee bargaining agents. | Voted favorably from committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 2163 | Raymond | Relating to waiving certain driver's license fees for applicants who are first responders. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 2171 | Metcalf | Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage. | Voted favorably from committee on House Pensions/ Investments/ Financial Services |
| HB | 2192 | Lucio | Relating to the salary reclassification of certain positions with the Texas Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal's Office. | Referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| HB | 2242 | Patterson | Relating to illness or injury leave of absence for county and municipal firefighters and police officers. | Referred to committee on House County Affairs |
| HB | 2248 | Thompson | Relating to next generation 9-1-1 services provided through an Internet Protocol network and wireless service provider expense reimbursements for certain counties. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 2270 | Turner | Relating to the state reserve of personal protective equipment for health care workers and essential personnel. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 2231 | Bucy | Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. | Referred to committee on House Public Education |
| SB | 737 | Birdwell | Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders. | Reported from committee as substituted by Senate State Affairs |
| SB | 774 | Nichols | Relating to the election of emergency services commissioners in certain emergency services districts. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 786 | Creighton | Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| HB | 34 | Canales | Relating to presumptive coverage for first responders that contract COVID-19. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 318 | VanDeaver | Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 409 | Cortez | Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks and certain hunting and fishing license fees for resident first responders. | Reported favorably from committee on House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism |
| HB | 741 | Allison | Relating to voter approval of a county or municipal budget that reduces by a certain percentage the amount allocated to provide a fire protection, law enforcement, or emergency medical service. | Referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB | 2485 | Herrero | Relating to the exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. | Voted favorably from committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB | 2496 | Buckley | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain volunteer firefighters and fire protection personnel. | Voted favorably from committee on House Transportation |
| SB | 107 | Powell | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB | 638 | Krause | Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to adopt a budget that reduces the amount allocated to provide a fire protection, law enforcement, or emergency medical service. | Referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| SB | 639 | White | Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide public health services. | Referred to committee on House County Affairs |
| SB | 788 | Geren | Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program. | Passed by the Senate; received in the House. Referred to committee on House International Relations/ |
| SB | 803 | Creighton | Relating to certain increases in benefits under the firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on Senate Finance |
| SB | 897 | Paxton | Relating to the compositin of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 900 | Alvarado | Relating to the safety of aboveground storage tanks | Voted favorably as substituted by committee on Senate Natural Resources/Economic Development |
| SCR | 17 | Hughes | Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. | Voted favorably from committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB | 2832 | Patterson | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled first responders and their surviving spouses. | HB 2832 – Referred to committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB | 2869 | Longoria | Relating to collective bargaining and conditions of employment for fire fighters and police officers in certain political subdivisions. | HB 2869 – Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 2885 | Clardy | Relating to continuing education programs for fire detection and alarm device installation. | Voted favorably as substituted by committee on House Insurance |
| HB | 2914 | Turner | Relating to the fee for emergency medical services in certain municipalities. | Voted favorably from committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 2911 | White | Relating to Next Generation 9-1-1 service and certain wireless service provider administrative expense reimbursements and increasing a fee cap. | HB 2911 – Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 2962 | Munoz | Relating to municipal authority to prohibit police or fire department employees from signing certain employment petitions. | HB 2962 – Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 3017 | Wu | Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response. | Referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB | 2946 | Cyrier | Relating to the provision of financial assistance to survivors of certain members of the Texas military forces. | HB 2946 – Referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| SB | 709 | Hall | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. | Passed by the Senate; received in the House; referred to House committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1326 | Geren | Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain public safety employees who successfully complete a public safety employees treatment court program. | Referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB | 3161 | Martinez | Relating to the establishment of community paramedicine programs to coordinate health care services and improve health care provision. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 3259 | Sanford | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 3375 | Davis | Relating to certain benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services |
| HB | 3398 | Shaheen | Relating to the composition of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. | Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| SB | 22 | Springer | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Voted favorably as substituted by committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB | 1223 | Springer | Relating to fee waivers for certain hunting and fishing licenses for certain volunteer firefighters. | SB 1223 – Referred to committee on Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
| SB | 463 | Lucio | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB | 3816 | Hunter | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 3841 | Cole | Relating to the adjustment of the voter-approval tax rate of a taxing unit to reflect public spending necessary to correct a deficiency in the first response capacity of a fire or police department of the taxing unit. | Referred to committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB | 3904 | Martinez | Relating to the creation and continuation of a county fire marshal position. | Referred to committee on House County Affairs |
| HB | 4025 | Rodriguez | Relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| SB | 1660 | Bettencourt | Relating to payroll deductions for state and local government employee organizations. | Referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB | 1627 | Miles | Relating to the deadline to begin a county fire code inspection in certain counties. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| HB | 1845 | Canales | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. | HB 1845 – Referred to committee on House Urban Affairs |
| HB | 1600 | Canales | Relating to the review date for certain governmental entitites subject to the sunset review process. | Passed by the House; received in the Senate |
| HB | 3581 | Guerra | Relating to establishing a coordinated system for the dispatch, triage, transport, and transfer of patients in certain trauma service area regional advisory councils. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 3582 | Guerra | Relating to the awarding of grants to initiate, expand, maintain, and improve emergency medical services and to support medical systems and facilities that provide trauma care. | Referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB | 3623 | Turner | Relating to the eligibility of certain health care providers for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder arising from events in the course of employment during a public health disaster. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 3644 | Ashby | Relating to a memorial monument dedicated to emergency medical services personnel in the State Cemetery. | Voted favorably as substituted by committee on House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism |
| SB | 1324 | Hinojosa | Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters. | SB 1324 – Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 1337 | Schwertner | Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide public health services. | SB 1337 – Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 1386 | Creighton | Relating to a body worn camera program for emergency medical personnel. | SB 1386 – Referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services |
| SB | 1399 | Hinojosa | Relating to the awarding of grants to initiate, expand, maintain, and improve emergency medical services and to support medical systems and facilities that provide trauma care. | SB 1399 – Referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services |
| SB | 1401 | Springer | Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision. | SB 1401 – Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| HB | 4068 | Parker | Relating to the eligibility of certain public retirement systems for police and fire fighters to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System. | Referred to committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services |
| HB | 4095 | Goodwin | Relating to the transportation, storage, and disposal of certain radioactive waste. | Referred to committee on House Environmental Regulation |
| HB | 4301 | Dean | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 4325 | Martinez | Relating to the qualifications of a county fire marshal. | Referred to committee on House County Affairs |
| HB | 4105 | Talarico | Relating to the eligibility of the children of certain essential employees for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | Referred to committee on House Public Education |
| HB | 4347 | Hefner | Relating to address confidentiality on certain documents for certain federal officials and family members of certain federal officials or federal or state court judges. | Referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB | 4506 | Morales Shaw | Relating to the regulation of certain hazardous substances used in firefighting products. | Referred to committee on House Environmental Regulation |
| HB | 4163 | Longoria | Relating to funding soundness restoration plan for certain public retirement systems. | Referred to committee on House Pensions/ Investments/ Financial Services |
| SB | 1550 | Nelson | Relating to airport police forces, including the authority to commission peace officers and the rights, privileges, and duties of those officers. | Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB | 1759 | Zaffirini | Relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers. | Referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB | 1763 | Springer | Relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council. | Voted favorably from committee on Senate Health and Human Services |
| SB | 1793 | West | Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are enrolled in a child care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | Referred to committee on Senate Education |
| SB | 1796 | West | Relating to the fee for emergency medical services in certain municipalities. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 1805 | Johnson | Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers. | Referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB | 1811 | Springer | Relating to firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. | Referred to committee on Senate Higher Education |
| SB | 1864 | Powell | Relating to the eligibility of certain telecommunicators for workers' compensation and other benefits. | Referred to committee on Senate Business and Commerce |
| SB | 1960 | West | Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | Referred to committee on Senate Education |
| SB | 2073 | Menendez | Relating to the regulation of certain hazardous substances used in firefighting products. | Referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services |
| HB | 2598 | Patterson | Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. | Referred to committee on House Business and Industry |
| HB | 2610 | Harless | Relating to the deadline to begin a county fire code inspection in certain counties. | Passed by the House |
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