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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment of a state employee family leave pool."
+description: "Relating to the establishment of a state employee family leave pool."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2063"
+citation: "Texas HB 2063 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE (S0419)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Lucio III", "Ordaz Perez", "Patterson", "Schwertner", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ecc0ad1-5da5-48d3-9150-23aaf8388eab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2063.xml"
+source_hash: "3c079730b1a043ab701f9d251d8c0a3f49f0349dff17c91d2bbe7d3b54c77dd8"
+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 2063 (87) — Relating to the establishment of a state employee family leave pool.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02063I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02063E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02063H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02063S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02063F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ecc0ad1-5da5-48d3-9150-23aaf8388eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+