---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 434"
citation: "Texas SB 434 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0010)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham", "Jones, Jolanda", "Leo Wilson", "Miles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-21"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5421ce78-d75c-4bb1-ae46-3a3c9126e73c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 434.xml"
source_hash: "d9b09d3cb9d985f249e570efd6d05b6e330ca7fcd699cf9c8ed6713882259dde"
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 434 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

## 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/SB00434I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00434E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00434H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00434S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00434F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **105–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **99–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5421ce78-d75c-4bb1-ae46-3a3c9126e73c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).