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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies."
+description: "Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 252"
+citation: "Texas HB 252 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bhojani", "Curry", "Garcia, Linda", "Hughes", "Rodríguez Ramos", "Walle"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1e5493-4201-4074-948d-822861cffefd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 252.xml"
+source_hash: "efb4dea0f3a68bc4bdaedd0f2ecba0d7a7f9ef5b4bcdecd0f88bfc6c5a3c80ff"
+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 252 (89R) — Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00252I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **118–18** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **118–18** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bhojani — primary (person)
+- Curry — primary (person)
+- Garcia, Linda — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Rodríguez Ramos — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-23** Record vote
+- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** 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/6b1e5493-4201-4074-948d-822861cffefd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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