---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system."
description: "Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2468"
citation: "Texas HB 2468 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION", "TEXAS DEPT. OF INSURANCE (V1261)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Cook", "Metcalf", "Perry", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b7e705b-6494-44a6-879e-34c5461d37fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2468.xml"
source_hash: "68d6946c9e54337c2c70a87e6047e51950d62d6412c73c320609c052287b38fa"
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 2468 (88) — Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system.

## 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/HB02468I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02468E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02468H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02468S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02468F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b7e705b-6494-44a6-879e-34c5461d37fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).