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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons."
+description: "Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 24"
+citation: "Texas SB 24 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman", "Pacheco", "White"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa6a74f-25ea-4227-9ff8-2a1bc687629a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml"
+source_hash: "f0f5b6bbb80623d1e1eaa5ab5b6278d077a88447fd2f2ed7b94aeddd90b9218c"
+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 24 (87) — Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons.
+
+## 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/SB00024I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Pacheco — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-30** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-03-31** Record vote
+- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Record vote
+- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-07** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/aaa6a74f-25ea-4227-9ff8-2a1bc687629a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+