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: 6/5/2023
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 commission's governing statute
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Bill Type |
Bill Number |
Author |
Caption |
Bill Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB | 0152 | Goodwin | Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt and enforce a wildland-urban interface code. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0162 | Murr | Relating to minimum standards for prescribed burns. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 0425 | VanDeaver | Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0430 | VanDeaver | Relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 0471 | Patterson | Relating to benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; House concurred in Senate amendments; sent to the Governo |
| HB | 0568 | Bowers | Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 0570 | Raymond | Relating to a study by the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the potential effects of droughts and wildfires in this state. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0573 | Raymond | Relating to waiving certain driver's license fees for applicants who are first responders. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0624 | Harris | Relating to emergency medical transport by fire fighters of certain patients. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 0683 | Cole | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0689 | Rosenthal | Relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0742 | Goodwin | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain county jailers and law enforcement telecommunicators. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0765 | Harless | Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0790 | Patterson | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0835 | Raymond | Relating to the provision of financial assistance to survivors of certain members of the Texas military forces. | Died in committee |
| HB | 0997 | Munoz | Relating to municipal authority to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1078 | Martinez | Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1168 | Cole | Relating to a program to provide housing vouchers to emergency medical services personnel in certain counties. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1171 | Cole | Relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1204 | Martinez | Relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory from an emergency services district following annexation. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1205 | Martinez | Relating to the applicability of a county fire code and the authority of a county fire marshal in certain areas subject to another fire code or certain interlocal agreements. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1251 | Plesa | Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1332 | Herrero | Relating to the exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1339 | Harless | Relating to the eligibility of certain volunteer firefighters and paramedics for unemployment compensation benefits. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1486 | Gerdes | Relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 1570 | Holland | Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1579 | Canales | Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1661 | Burns | Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a police department under municipal civil service. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 1740 | Leach | Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks for resident first responders, military service members, and veterans. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 1775 | Thompson | Relating to the election of board members of certain emergency services districts. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1776 | Thompson | Relating to the expansion of the territory of an emergency services district into the territory of a municipality. | Died in committee |
| HB | 1807 | Jones | 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. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2034 | Campos | Relating to certain mental health policies and services for peace officers and fire fighters. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2158 | Ashby | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters enrolled in certain courses at public institutions of higher education. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2167 | Guerra | Relating to a plan by the Department of State Health Services to establish and improve tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs for health care professionals serving border communities. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2233 | Spiller | Relating to required mental health awareness training for first responders | Died in committee |
| HB | 2315 | Canales | Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits for certain public safety employees. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2316 | Canales | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2455 | King | Relating to an annual occupational medical examination for fire fighters. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2470 | Kuempel | Relating to prohibited adverse employment action against certain first responders based on mental illness. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2486 | Hefner | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information in a peace officer's or firefighter's personnel file. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2519 | Thompson | Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2649 | Allison | Relating to the retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police officers. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2763 | Guillen | Relating to an exemption from motor fuel taxes for certain fuel used by a rural transit district to provide public transportation. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2785 | Holland | Relating to county plat approval requirements related to fire protection for certain residential subdivisions. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2876 | Cain | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for industrial firefighters. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 2925 | Martinez | Relating to applicability of the civil service system for municipal firefighters and police officers and sheriff's departments. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2926 | Turner | Relating to certain claims for benefits or compensation by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2927 | Turner | Relating to quarantine leave for certain public safety employees. | Died in committee |
| HB | 2957 | Bumgarner | Relating to periodic occupational cancer screenings for firefighters. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3105 | Ashby | Relating to establishment of the temporary prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3125 | Gamez | Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on authorized emergency vehicles. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 3248 | Anchia | Relating to contributions to, benefits under, and administration of Texas local fire fighters' retirement systems. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3262 | Hunter | Relating to county or municipal regulation of mass gatherings and sports and community venue district duties regarding emergency services and fire suppression. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3290 | Guillen | Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 3340 | Metcalf | Relating to relief and retirement funds for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3416 | Kuempel | Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under the workers' compensation system. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3465 | Martinez | Relating to the qualifications of a county fire marshal in certain counties. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3467 | Martinez | Relating to emergency medical services personnel and coverage by certain health benefit plans for treatment by emergency medical services personnel. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3528 | Campos | Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3529 | Manuel | Relating to personal assistive mobility device protections for patients receiving emergency medical services. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3804 | Shine | Relating to fire protection sprinkler system requirements for certain residential buildings by municipalities, counties, and emergency services districts. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3849 | Bell | Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage. | Died in committee |
| HB | 3980 | Frazier | Relating to the business leave time account for a firefighter employee organizatin in certain municipalities. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 3981 | Paul | Relating to clarification of any Fire Marshals of a city, town, or village who are licensed peace officers. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate |
| HB | 3982 | Allen | Relating to notice and safety requirements applicable to certain LP-gas containers. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4034 | Johnson | Relating to certain disability and death benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; House concurred in Senate amendments; sent to the Governo |
| HB | 4073 | Lozano | Relating to the renewal of certain expired certificates issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 4147 | Thompson | Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4227 | Goldman | Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. | Passed by the House; passed by the Senate; sent to the Governor |
| HB | 4289 | Flores | Relating to the establishment of a ketamine treatment grant program for veterans, active-duty military, and first responders. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4553 | Longoria | Relating to the eligibility of certain entities for services and commodity items provided by the Department of Information Resources and statewide technology centers. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB | 4653 | Anchia | Relating to participation in a deferred retirement option plan by members of the retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4729 | Tinderholt | Relating to the amounts budgeted by certain political subdivisions for fire protection, law enforcement, or emergency medical services. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4842 | Holland | Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4878 | Rogers | Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to determine whether other persons may provide emergency services in the district. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4922 | Oliverson | Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide preventive health care services. | Died in committee |
| HB | 4971 | Murr | Relating to the permitting of battery storage system facilities by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | Died in committee |
| HB | 5117 | Morales | Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services. | Died in committee |
| HB | 5219 | Bucy | Relating to access by emergency medical services personnel to locations with an inaccessible front door during an emergency call. | Died in committee |
| HCR | 0020 | Herrero | Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. | Signed by the Governor |
| HJR | 178 | Cortez | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0066 | Zaffirini | Relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0155 | Huffman | Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0286 | Hinojosa | Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0288 | Hinojosa | Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0334 | Schwertner | Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide preventive health care services. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0386 | Hall | Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman. | Passed by the Senate; passed by the House; Senate concurred in House amendments; sent to the Governo |
| SB | 0428 | Middleton | Relating to the limitation on the number of baccalaureate degree programs a public junior college may offer. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0443 | Menendez | Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0496 | Zaffirini | Relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 service call takers and dispatchers. | Passed by the Senate; passed by the House; sent to the Governor |
| SB | 0525 | West | Relating to personal assistive mobility device protections for patients receiving emergency medical services. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0567 | Springer | Relating to firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0573 | Hughes | Relating to municipal requirements for exterior key boxes to provide access to buildings to first responders. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0588 | Hughes | Relating to creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members and first responders. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0659 | Eckhardt | Relating to the expansion of the territory of an emergency services district into the territory of a municipality. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0689 | Middleton | Relating to the establishment of a public safety dual credit grant program by the Texas Education Agency. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0736 | Whitmire | Relating to mandatory arbitration for certain municipal fire departments and employee bargaining agents. | Signed by the Governor |
| SB | 0799 | Springer | Relating to benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0815 | Springer | Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of land in connection with livestock and agricultural land. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0909 | Johnson | Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers. | Died in committee |
| SB | 0997 | West | Relating to the publication of certain photographs of human remains by first responders, coroners, medical examiners, and certain other employees for a purpose other than an official purpose. | Passed by the Senate; passed by the House; sent to the Governor |
| SB | 1020 | King | 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. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1206 | Zaffirini | Relating to a program to provide housing vouchers to emergency medical services personnel in certain counties. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1207 | Menendez | Relating to the retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police officers. | Passed by the Senate; passed by the House; sent to the Governor |
| SB | 1258 | Creighton | Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1350 | Lamantia | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1413 | Johnson | Relating to the authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way. | Signed by the Governor |
| SB | 1436 | Hinojosa | Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1437 | Springer | Relating to the establishment of the Emergency Powers Board and its powers during a declared state of disaster or public health disaster. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1444 | Zaffirini | Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities. | Signed by the Governor |
| SB | 1559 | Parker | Relating to contributions to, benefits under, and administration of Texas local fire fighters' retirement systems. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1626 | Lamantia | Relating to an annual occupational medical examination for fire fighters. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1636 | Zaffirini | Relating to the establishment of wildland-urban interface areas and the adoption and enforcement of the wildland-urban interface code; providing a civil penalty. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1776 | Alvarado | Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1858 | Hancock | Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1878 | Middleton | Relating to the eligibility of a firefighter or emergency medical technician for workers' compensation benefits for infertility. | Died in committee |
| SB | 1898 | Birdwell | Relating to emergency medical transport by fire fighters of certain patients. | Died in committee |
| SB | 2209 | Hancock | Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers. | Died in committee |
| SB | 2343 | Menendez | Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers. | Died in committee |
| SB | 2416 | Johnson | Relating to certain disability and death benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities. | Died in committee |
| SB | 2471 | Springer | Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees. | Filed |
| SB | 2492 | Middleton | Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state. | Died in committee |
| SCR | 0028 | Huffman | Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act | Signed by the Governor |
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