---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations."
description: "Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Texas SB 44 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "State Employees (I0626)", "VOLUNTEERS (S1314)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3911e117-fc3f-437f-9d2d-cdfff291c326"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 44.xml"
source_hash: "92611330edca27cdc1d269fc1a0e29f8ad785b47e41afef8bd9c24914b9809dc"
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 44 (87) — Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations.

## 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/SB00044I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00044E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00044H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00044S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00044F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-26** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-10** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-10** Read
- **2021-05-10** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **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/3911e117-fc3f-437f-9d2d-cdfff291c326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).