---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to proficiency certification of law enforcement officers with military service."
description: "Relating to proficiency certification of law enforcement officers with military service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "Texas HB 971 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Minjarez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ea944a-6692-480d-b7b2-6f31e87ec003"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 971.xml"
source_hash: "c94210992685ab54c0bdca90e564e0bfab77402644c5f7713480bbd05e4142e5"
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 971 (86) — Relating to proficiency certification of law enforcement officers with military service.

## 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/HB00971I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/60ea944a-6692-480d-b7b2-6f31e87ec003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).