---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies."
description: "Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2143"
citation: "Texas SB 2143 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "FIRE MARSHAL (S0196)", "FIRE PROTECTION", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0035)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Ray", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61563923-5533-4f8e-8bd4-a5171df4806e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2143.xml"
source_hash: "eadd56050429101539a225168a4bf91da1267adc0aa1d94a1bc1b7f181269107"
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 2143 (89R) — Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies.

## 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/SB02143I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02143E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02143H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02143S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02143F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **105–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-22** Read
- **2025-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/61563923-5533-4f8e-8bd4-a5171df4806e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).