HB2713

Signed by Governor
Authored by Drew Darby (R)
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Caption: Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.
Initially Referred to House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 2713 lowers the population threshold required for a municipality to hold an election on whether to repeal its civil service system for police officers and firefighters. Currently, cities with populations under 950,000 can trigger such an election through a petition signed by at least 10% of qualified voters. This bill lowers that threshold to cities with populations under 70,000, making it easier for smaller municipalities to repeal civil service protections.

Joint authors: Metcalf (R); Spiller (R)
Sponsors: Hancock (R)

Feb 12, 2025


(H) Darby signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Mar 18, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Intergovernmental Affairs, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 25, 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
 

Apr 28, 2025


(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
 

Apr 30, 2025


(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
 

May 5, 2025


(H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Committee report distributed
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 8, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 10, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
 

May 12, 2025


(H) Read 2nd time
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Darby amended the bill.
(H) Passed to engrossment as amended
(H) Record vote

RV#2241: Yea 112 (R 78, D 34) - Nay 21 (R 2, D 19)
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Yea - Alders; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu

Nay - Allen; Bucy; Canales; Garcia, L.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Perez, V.; Reynolds; Romero; Schoolcraft; Talarico; Zwiener

Absent - Bonnen; Capriglione; Cortez; Dutton; Leo Wilson; Moody; Morales, E.; Ordaz; Rose; Slawson

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Virdell

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Eddie Morales: "When Record No. 2241 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

James Talarico: "When Record No. 2241 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Penny Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 2241 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Phil Cortez: "When Record No. 2241 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Shelby Slawson: "When Record No. 2241 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
 

May 13, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#2306: Yea 133 (R 82, D 51) - Nay 7 (R 0, D 7)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bucy; Flores; Gonzalez, M.; Howard; Jones, V.; Moody; Reynolds

Absent - Davis, A.; Little; Paul

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Erin Zwiener: "When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Linda Garcia: "When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Vikki Goodwin: "When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed
 

May 14, 2025


(S) Received from the House
(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government, chaired by a Republican
 

May 15, 2025


(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

May 19, 2025


(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

May 20, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

May 25, 2025


(S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar
(S) Laid before the Senate
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed
(S) Record vote
(H) Senate passage reported
 

May 26, 2025


(H) Reported enrolled
 

May 27, 2025


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

May 28, 2025


(E) Sent to the Governor
 


(H) Hancock signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Peter Hunt for self (with Austin Justice Coalition)
 

For

(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Beau Simpson for self (with Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Kathy Reyes for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Tiffany Williams for San Marcos Police Officers Association
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Adrian Martinez for San Antonio Police Officers Association
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Aidan Alvarado for self (with Laredo Firefighters Association)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Andrew Wright for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Brian Becker for self (with Irving Professional Fire Fighters Association)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Carlos Ortiz for San antonio police officers association
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Glenn Deshields for Texas State Association of Fire Fighters
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as John Wilkerson for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as John Wilkerson for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Lloyd Cook for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Matt Sapp for self (with Frisco firefighters association)
(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Ronnie Wright for Arlington Professional Firefighter Association



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