---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
description: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3635"
citation: "Texas HB 3635 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Collier", "Hefner", "Hughes", "Longoria", "Turner, John"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b75dc768-58c0-4873-b582-03d72b1366fa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3635.xml"
source_hash: "f8ef06fcc7115ec99f059e6cb89aa5999202bf7568c1995777562b1d4524bc43"
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 3635 (86) — Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty.

## 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/HB03635I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/b75dc768-58c0-4873-b582-03d72b1366fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).