---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a county fire marshal to provide fire-related training programs for first responders."
description: "Relating to the authority of a county fire marshal to provide fire-related training programs for first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3753"
citation: "Texas HB 3753 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "FIRE MARSHAL (S0196)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Davis, Sarah", "Harless", "Hernandez", "Murphy", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730e7e8c-3938-47ad-905d-4e315ccdcbbb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3753.xml"
source_hash: "d4e2f96f9143be63bd607c0cb238fbd333e7045069e19069fd780f827460e7de"
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 3753 (86) — Relating to the authority of a county fire marshal to provide fire-related training programs for first responders.

## 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/HB03753I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/730e7e8c-3938-47ad-905d-4e315ccdcbbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).