---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the renewal of certain expired certificates issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the renewal of certain expired certificates issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4073"
citation: "Texas HB 4073 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "FIRE PROTECTION", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0035)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Lozano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/007da5a0-7c3d-4ec3-8b35-6ead78820184"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4073.xml"
source_hash: "8f0c4612a5173a95a34d1695e9de105cee2898b290ba821797fcf8ca0052fa89"
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 4073 (88) — Relating to the renewal of certain expired certificates issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; authorizing a fee.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04073I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04073E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04073H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04073S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04073F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Lozano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/007da5a0-7c3d-4ec3-8b35-6ead78820184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).