---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to law enforcement policies and procedures regarding body worn cameras."
description: "Relating to law enforcement policies and procedures regarding body worn cameras."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 929"
citation: "Texas HB 929 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BO'S LAW (P54MK)", "BOTHAM JEAN ACT (PH45X)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "VIDEO CAMERAS (S0786)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jetton", "Krause", "Reynolds", "Rodriguez", "Sherman, Sr.", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84fd8bdf-a969-444e-ab43-659af028e9d6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 929.xml"
source_hash: "eac4088fe541a0b208eb11b688ed4ff93df357f30004e173ceadd3d014339a41"
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 929 (87) — Relating to law enforcement policies and procedures regarding body worn cameras.

## 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/HB00929I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00929E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00929H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00929S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00929F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jetton — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/84fd8bdf-a969-444e-ab43-659af028e9d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).