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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators as peace officers."
+description: "Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators as peace officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3981"
+citation: "Texas HB 3981 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "FIRE MARSHAL (S0196)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton", "Morales, Eddie", "Paul"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940e19da-960f-431d-89c9-12225dc9039e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3981.xml"
+source_hash: "403066601b7f79d6fb0648681962cf2bcdc769bbfe8e08b82360ff4ae5a9ccf9"
+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 3981 (88) — Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators as peace officers.
+
+## 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/HB03981I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03981E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03981H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03981S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03981F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **131–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (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 Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-05** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested 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`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** 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/940e19da-960f-431d-89c9-12225dc9039e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+