---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision."
description: "Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2073"
citation: "Texas HB 2073 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "SICK LEAVE (S0461)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Goldman", "Longoria", "Meyer", "Sherman, Sr.", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/438b2cbe-31d6-40e9-a981-38ee3923141d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2073.xml"
source_hash: "c04c477502535babc1dbe5616c8c78c8d8b369885592b1d3a600aed11525723f"
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 2073 (87) — Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02073I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02073E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02073H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02073S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02073F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Record vote
- **2021-04-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/438b2cbe-31d6-40e9-a981-38ee3923141d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).