Signed by Governor Authored by Trey Wharton (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components. Initially Referred to House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 2217 establishes a grant program to provide financial assistance to law enforcement agencies for equipping police vehicles with bullet-resistant components. Administered by the Criminal Justice Division, the program would fund the purchase and installation of bullet-resistant windshields, side windows, rear windows, and door panels for vehicles used by peace officers. The bill also outlines grant eligibility criteria, application procedures, and monitoring requirements to ensure compliance.
Joint authors: Ashby (R); Dyson (R); Guillen (R); Louderback (R) Co-authors: Alders (R); Barry (R); Bumgarner (R); Cain (R); Cook (R); Cunningham (R); Gates (R); Gerdes (R); Gonzalez, M. (D); Hickland (R); Holt (R); Isaac (R); Kerwin (R); Lambert (R); McLaughlin (R); Morales, E. (D); Morales Shaw (D); Morgan (R); Noble (R); Orr (R); Paul (R); Plesa (D); Raymond (D); Richardson (R); Shofner (R); Spiller (R); Vasut (R); Villalobos (R) Sponsors: Hagenbuch (R) Co-sponsors: J. Hinojosa (D); Schwertner (R)
Jan 29, 2025
(H) Wharton signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 14, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Mar 25, 2025
(H) Alders signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Cunningham signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Gates signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Gonzalez, M. signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Hickland signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Holt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Isaac signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Lambert signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) McLaughlin signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Morales, E. signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Morgan signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Noble signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Paul signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Raymond signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Richardson signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Shofner signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Vasut signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Villalobos signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Ashby signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Dyson signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Guillen signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Louderback signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Barry signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Cook signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Mar 31, 2025
(H) Cain signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 2, 2025
(H) House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs met. (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 8, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 16, 2025
(H) Orr signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Gerdes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 24, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Kerwin signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to engrossment (H) Record vote
RV#660: Yea 140 (R 82, D 58) - Nay 4 (R 3, D 1) View Source
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos: "When Record No. 752 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (H) Reported engrossed (S) Received from the House
Apr 30, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice, chaired by a Republican
May 14, 2025
(H) Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
May 27, 2025
(S) Posting rule suspended (S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee (S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
May 28, 2025
(S) Co-sponsor authorized (S) Placed on intent calendar (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote
20250528_HB2217_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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(S) Record vote
May 29, 2025
(H) Senate passage reported
May 30, 2025
(H) Reported enrolled (H) Signed in the House
May 31, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate (E) Sent to the Governor
(H) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Sponsor (H) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (H) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
For
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Clifford Dorn for Operation Safe Shield (Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Edward Ramirez for Brazos County Sheriff (Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Jeffrey Bert for Texas Police Chiefs Association (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Adam Haynes for Conference of Urban Counties (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Brittany Re for Brazos County Sheriff (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Bryan Flatt for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Christine Wright for City of San Antonio (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Jack Choate for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as James Songer for Dallas Police Department (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Joel Romo for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Joe Morris for Game Warden Peace Officers Association (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Josie Castro Garcia for Dallas County (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Julie Wheeler for Travis County Commissioners Court (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Logan Spence for City of Denton (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)) (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Ryan Skrobarczyk for City of Corpus Christi (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Sarah Ferguson for Operation Safe Shield (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Snapper Carr for City of Sugar Land (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Thomas Parkinson for self
