republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1359.md

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Bill	Relating to adoption by law enforcement agencies of a mental health leave policy for peace officers.	Relating to adoption by law enforcement agencies of a mental health leave policy for peace officers.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	SB 1359	Texas SB 1359 (87)	bill	EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452) Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370) Law Enforcement (I0510) Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019) Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541) PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)	enacted	Hughes White	5	52	0	2021-03-10	2021-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c0b58b63-7217-4a29-9e0c-66deaeace04c	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1359.xml	ea303d2559ce8e24e98e2d2de2b4a2df7943f2a9bf225eded9cf1e567d92e243	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 1359 (87) — Relating to adoption by law enforcement agencies of a mental health leave policy for peace officers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Hughes — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Blanco — cosponsor (person)
• Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-10 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2021-03-10 Filed filing
• 2021-03-18 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-18 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-04-20 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-20 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-04-21 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-21 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-04-21 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-04-22 Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
• 2021-04-26 Placed on intent calendar
• 2021-04-28 Co-author authorized
• 2021-04-29 Co-author authorized
• 2021-04-29 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-04-29 Laid before the Senate
• 2021-04-29 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
• 2021-04-29 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-04-29 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-04-29 Record vote
• 2021-04-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-29 Passed passage
• 2021-04-29 Record vote
• 2021-04-29 Reported engrossed
• 2021-04-29 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2021-05-04 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-05-04 Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-05-12 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
• 2021-05-12 Left pending in committee
• 2021-05-12 Considered in formal meeting
• 2021-05-12 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2021-05-14 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-05-14 Committee report distributed
• 2021-05-17 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-18 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
• 2021-05-21 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
• 2021-05-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-23 Passed to 3rd reading
• 2021-05-23 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-23 Passed passage
• 2021-05-23 Record vote
• 2021-05-23 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-24 House passage reported
• 2021-05-24 Reported enrolled
• 2021-05-24 Signed in the Senate
• 2021-05-24 Signed in the House
• 2021-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-07 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-07 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0b58b63-7217-4a29-9e0c-66deaeace04c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).