---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies."
description: "Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Texas HB 252 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhojani", "Curry", "Garcia, Linda", "Hughes", "Rodríguez Ramos", "Walle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1e5493-4201-4074-948d-822861cffefd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 252.xml"
source_hash: "efb4dea0f3a68bc4bdaedd0f2ecba0d7a7f9ef5b4bcdecd0f88bfc6c5a3c80ff"
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 252 (89R) — Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00252I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00252F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **118–18** (pass) · upper
- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bhojani — primary (person)
- Curry — primary (person)
- Garcia, Linda — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/6b1e5493-4201-4074-948d-822861cffefd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).