---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 788"
citation: "Texas HB 788 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/236d818c-0bf3-48b3-b8b8-8ce282342dff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 788.xml"
source_hash: "06c9db9d97471c770bc492062aafd5e8488e2633eb21c2810003f072bc8c3fcb"
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 788 (87) — Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program.

## 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/HB00788I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00788E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00788H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00788S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00788F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-12** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-13** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-13** 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/236d818c-0bf3-48b3-b8b8-8ce282342dff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).