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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder."
+description: "Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2143"
+citation: "Texas HB 2143 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Guillen", "Turner, John", "Whitmire", "Wray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 71
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5691b90b-714d-4545-a00e-d0cb56987205"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2143.xml"
+source_hash: "ccebb6ae9e5602ea662223ab9e85a973f3a1dd5e68ef753b005c7a409b5e160d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2143 (86) — Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02143I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Turner, John — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Wray — primary (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5691b90b-714d-4545-a00e-d0cb56987205`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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