---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the election of emergency services commissioners in certain emergency services districts."
description: "Relating to the election of emergency services commissioners in certain emergency services districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2494"
citation: "Texas HB 2494 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ef8045-b799-497e-8beb-e516d01f46e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2494.xml"
source_hash: "0161c0e520b14964d420f3bd76db721f2d2f1b327b6970f47594b598b74f421b"
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 2494 (87) — Relating to the election of emergency services commissioners in certain emergency services districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02494I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02494E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02494H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02494S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02494F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1ef8045-b799-497e-8beb-e516d01f46e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).