---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety."
description: "Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2383"
citation: "Texas SB 2383 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Retirement Systems--Police & Firefighters (I0730)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Hefner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a2a669-8902-4dfc-9577-35ed4aa5918d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02300_SB02399/SB 2383.xml"
source_hash: "755588fbb591fd80efa363e34b4f9c1d3114a20c0b4aeb0e8ee3a1132362878f"
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 2383 (89R) — Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

## 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/SB02383I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02383E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02383H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02383S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02383F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** 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`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 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/c2a2a669-8902-4dfc-9577-35ed4aa5918d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).