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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees."
+description: "Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 22"
+citation: "Texas SB 22 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COVID-19 (SB9YM)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Governor (I0375)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Burrows", "Campbell", "Canales", "Collier", "Hinojosa", "Hunter", "Johnson", "Lucio", "Patterson", "Paxton", "Powell", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 84
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe84c47-2603-4102-a23d-af2cfa73c66b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 22.xml"
+source_hash: "172ece19edb5e19d03897a396f468145963444d54eb1f3b976f8f116338d2e0d"
+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 SB 22 (87) — Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees.
+
+## 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/SB00022I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–6** (pass) · lower
+- other — **139–3** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Lucio — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Read
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fe84c47-2603-4102-a23d-af2cfa73c66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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