---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties."
description: "Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Texas HB 995 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-13"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a66d3d3b-47f1-4290-94d6-c736432b542e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 995.xml"
source_hash: "42cc97e4b6f6690809c3b387baa6ae763e921fb730599396f8c9fe8bca2349c3"
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 995 (88) — Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties.

## 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/HB00995I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00995E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00995H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00995S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00995F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a66d3d3b-47f1-4290-94d6-c736432b542e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).