Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.
SB 2332 requires the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to solely maintain and schedule all aircraft it owns or operates. The bill mandates that DPS must base these aircraft at locations across Texas as needed and stipulates that all pilots operating DPS-owned aircraft must be DPS employees. These provisions clarify DPS's operational control over its aviation assets and eliminate external contractor use for pilot duties. The law takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Signed May 30, 2025
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This bill was converted from a draft version to its final enrolled version ready for signing. The substantive policy content regarding Department of Public Safety aircraft operations remained unchanged, with only formatting adjustments and the addition of official certification signatures from legislative officers.
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Formatting and layout changes were made to convert the bill from draft format to the official enrolled version format used for signing.
Official certification signatures were added for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, and Governor, certifying passage and approval dates.
Draft version metadata including author attribution (AAParker) and internal tracking numbers were removed.
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
49
Key actions
15
Committee
11
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 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Border Security
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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