---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters Day."
description: "Relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1064"
citation: "Texas HB 1064 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEXAS FIREFIGHTERS DAY (H1762)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Holidays (I0395)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bell, Cecil", "Birdwell", "Lambert", "Martinez", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c0ca91-8f04-4f5d-b9d6-dd06d6e45877"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1064.xml"
source_hash: "dd52ef2c8f5f5d6df6303064b6c21d1b7294c08471a9c5d7f08c26f8fd34b9ea"
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 1064 (86) — Relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters Day.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01064I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-20** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c0ca91-8f04-4f5d-b9d6-dd06d6e45877`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).