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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
+description: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 872"
+citation: "Texas HB 872 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Guillen", "Hefner", "Herrero", "King, Phil", "Lang"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2f2a4f-beac-4630-b7c4-fc5b402f7e52"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 872.xml"
+source_hash: "041574d84ba4bd26352d008d03b731dbd0059965468f5e1eb5a45c571b08f51e"
+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 872 (86) — Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty.
+
+## 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/HB00872I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **129–3** (pass) · lower
+- other — **140–4** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Flores — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Herrero — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Lang — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Record vote
+- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** 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/af2f2a4f-beac-4630-b7c4-fc5b402f7e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+