---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility and training requirements for commissioned security officers and personal protection officers."
description: "Relating to the eligibility and training requirements for commissioned security officers and personal protection officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3424"
citation: "Texas HB 3424 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION (V8707)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Frazier", "Jones, Jolanda"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a9bc1d-2837-4fad-9993-9bdea5e5f99d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3424.xml"
source_hash: "2bfaf084e099fdfbd82c85aa30ba93e92ea5add9391fdb4b4f522c119c48d9ca"
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 3424 (88) — Relating to the eligibility and training requirements for commissioned security officers and personal protection officers.

## 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/HB03424I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03424E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03424H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03424S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03424F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **133–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Frazier — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/47a9bc1d-2837-4fad-9993-9bdea5e5f99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).