---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to telework for state employees."
description: "Relating to telework for state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5196"
citation: "Texas HB 5196 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "TELECOMMUTING (S0494)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "DeAyala", "King", "Leach", "Patterson", "Rodríguez Ramos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b1d0b1a-1e95-4809-b70a-b1edb5e2265a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5196.xml"
source_hash: "471ceaf6407feecf83dc7af60efe24847ae26b66f8c8e8da2e5be7124c6b717b"
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 5196 (89R) — Relating to telework for 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05196I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05196E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05196H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05196S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05196F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- DeAyala — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/3b1d0b1a-1e95-4809-b70a-b1edb5e2265a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).