Assigned to Committee Authored by Ryan Guillen (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties. Initially Referred to House S/C on County & Regional Government Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican This bill would cost taxpayers $750,000,000.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
HB 318 establishes two grant programs to provide financial assistance to sheriff's departments in rural Texas counties with populations of 300,000 or less that face staffing shortages. The grants, managed by the state comptroller, are designed to help rural counties hire additional deputies and investigators, offering $50,000 for each new position, with an additional $50,000 if the position was previously unfilled. Grant funds may only be used for salaries, vehicles, safety equipment, and investigative tools.
Joint authors: Ashby (R); Morales, E. (D); Plesa (D) Co-authors: Morales Shaw (D); Spiller (R) Sponsors: J. Hinojosa (D)
Nov 12, 2024
(H) Guillen signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Feb 28, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House S/C on County & Regional Government, chaired by a Republican
Mar 4, 2025
(H) Morales, E. signed onto the bill as Joint Author
Mar 10, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . . (H) Considered by s/c in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in s/c (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee (H) Left pending in subcommittee
Apr 1, 2025
(H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 7, 2025
(H) House Intergovernmental Affairs met. (H) Recalled from subcommittee (H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 24, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed
Apr 25, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
Apr 30, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Guillen amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#1076: Yea 112 (R 55, D 57) - Nay 27 (R 24, D 3) View Source
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (H) Reported engrossed
May 5, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Finance, chaired by a Republican
May 20, 2025
(H) Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
For
(Mon 3/10/2025) Testifying before H S/C on County & Regional Government as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as Anthony Kivela for self (with HPROA) (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as Drew Fuller for Texas Farm Bureau (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as James Kershaw for Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39 (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as John Sierega for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)) (Mon 3/10/2025) Registering before H S/C on County & Regional Government as Thomas Parkinson for self
