---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person."
description: "Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2212"
citation: "Texas SB 2212 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Miles", "Reynolds", "Thompson, Senfronia", "West", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00b1d63d-5601-454c-963f-33938821beb9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2212.xml"
source_hash: "91ffc7e3e123d2443e7f2ca1684824438553973bc887ba585ada9df46f0f6236"
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 SB 2212 (87) — Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person.

## 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/SB02212I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02212E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02212H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02212S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02212F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-14** Permission to introduce
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Postponed
- **2021-05-20** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/00b1d63d-5601-454c-963f-33938821beb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).