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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees."
description: "Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Texas SB 22 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 (SB9YM)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Governor (I0375)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Burrows", "Campbell", "Canales", "Collier", "Hinojosa", "Hunter", "Johnson", "Lucio", "Patterson", "Paxton", "Powell", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 84
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe84c47-2603-4102-a23d-af2cfa73c66b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 22.xml"
source_hash: "172ece19edb5e19d03897a396f468145963444d54eb1f3b976f8f116338d2e0d"
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 22 (87) — Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00022I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00022F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1396** (pass) · lower
- other — **1393** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/6fe84c47-2603-4102-a23d-af2cfa73c66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).