---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2713"
citation: "Texas HB 2713 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Hancock", "Metcalf", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0c9f7d-9b91-4e98-b2cd-38b39ca2e72d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2713.xml"
source_hash: "db0fd8e839d519c6e022389af442dc4e47fc3f8ac2936f167c941b2d5350e18d"
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 2713 (89R) — Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

## 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/HB02713I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02713E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02713H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02713S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02713F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **112–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/da0c9f7d-9b91-4e98-b2cd-38b39ca2e72d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).