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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the business leave time account for a firefighter employee organization in certain municipalities."
+description: "Relating to the business leave time account for a firefighter employee organization in certain municipalities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3980"
+citation: "Texas HB 3980 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Frazier", "Johnson", "Plesa", "Sherman, Sr."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80845d9b-e3c1-4e4c-9554-1e5fc7179ba1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3980.xml"
+source_hash: "f8e0d0d9409bbdb17e53f9e550d43e93c7e5e2429ff4125bf81f77332ce44531"
+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 3980 (88) — Relating to the business leave time account for a firefighter employee organization in certain municipalities.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03980I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03980E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03980H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03980S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03980F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryant — primary (person)
+- Frazier — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Plesa — primary (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-05** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80845d9b-e3c1-4e4c-9554-1e5fc7179ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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