---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
description: "Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "Texas HB 872 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Guillen", "Hefner", "Herrero", "King, Phil", "Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2f2a4f-beac-4630-b7c4-fc5b402f7e52"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 872.xml"
source_hash: "041574d84ba4bd26352d008d03b731dbd0059965468f5e1eb5a45c571b08f51e"
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 872 (86) — Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00872I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Lang — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af2f2a4f-beac-4630-b7c4-fc5b402f7e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).