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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage."
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description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2171"
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citation: "Texas HB 2171 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b432f16c-2d5c-4cc3-8b82-13ac847d1cfb"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2171.xml"
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source_hash: "5a134848a2ed36d7eaa31250091b9179440361731ed47eda785a4e59fa8bb7df"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2171 (87) — Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02171I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02171E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02171H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02171S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02171F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-15** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-31** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2021-04-23** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-23** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-23** Record vote
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- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b432f16c-2d5c-4cc3-8b82-13ac847d1cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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