---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer."
description: "Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Texas HB 41 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "VOLUNTEERS (S1314)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Hernandez", "Holland", "Metcalf", "Phelan", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d6e6910-1f42-4ef5-9a6c-60e94792d6a6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 41.xml"
source_hash: "5d0837f030973ce4fd5cceedaeee89b19053c65a5d6fb4941169ff6034e71fa6"
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 41 (86) — Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer.

## 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/HB00041I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** 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/6d6e6910-1f42-4ef5-9a6c-60e94792d6a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).