---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees."
description: "Relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2214"
citation: "Texas SB 2214 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATORY TIME (S0336)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Holidays (I0395)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1e1a5a-32e3-4d4a-a930-084ad1a88a25"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2214.xml"
source_hash: "cc382e703a5d272b8b1855042cc018cc2023213d286df597112e61bbb0be705c"
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 2214 (88) — Relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees.

## 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/SB02214I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02214E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02214H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02214S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02214F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/bc1e1a5a-32e3-4d4a-a930-084ad1a88a25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).