Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.
SB 1321 amends Texas law to clarify which peace officers qualify for state employee benefits and leave protections. It expands the definition of "state employee" to include specific law enforcement roles across multiple agencies, such as Texas Department of Public Safety officers, university peace officers, and security personnel at the Texas Military Department. The bill also specifies that certain peace officers commissioned by agencies like the Parks and Wildlife Commission or the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are covered under leave provisions. These changes directly affect thousands of peace officers working for state agencies by standardizing their eligibility for compensation and leave benefits.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025
Signed May 30, 2025
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May 30, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was converted from a draft legislative format to the final enrolled version, with significant formatting cleanup and removal of placeholder text. The substantive policy content regarding peace officer compensation and leave remains unchanged from the original draft.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and structural cleanup from draft to final version.
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Removed draft formatting markers, placeholder text, and line numbers that were present in the original version.
Added official enrolled version headers, signatures, and certification statements indicating the bill passed both chambers and was approved by the Governor.
Reorganized text layout and removed extraneous content such as the unrelated TLO accessibility statement that appeared in the draft.
Floor votes · House May 20, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
13
Committee
9
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage reported
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brent Hagenbuch
RRepublican
P
Mano DeAyala
RRepublican
Co
CB
César Blanco
DDemocratic
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