---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons."
description: "Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Texas SB 24 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman", "Pacheco", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa6a74f-25ea-4227-9ff8-2a1bc687629a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml"
source_hash: "f0f5b6bbb80623d1e1eaa5ab5b6278d077a88447fd2f2ed7b94aeddd90b9218c"
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 24 (87) — Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons.

## 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/SB00024I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00024F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** 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`
- **2021-06-16** 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/aaa6a74f-25ea-4227-9ff8-2a1bc687629a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).