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Bill Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child. Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 222 Texas SB 222 (88)
bill
ADOPTION (S0101)
FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE (S0419)
Family--Parent & Child (I0355)
Labor--General (I0500)
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)
Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)
State Agencies
Boards & Commissions (I0749)
State Employees (I0626)
enacted
Metcalf
Nichols
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 222 (88) — Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.

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

Votes

  • passage — 1399 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1363 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 310 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1363 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 222 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 310 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Metcalf — primary (person)
  • Nichols — primary (person)
  • Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
  • Hancock — cosponsor (person)
  • Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
  • Turner — cosponsor (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)
  • Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-11-14 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2022-11-14 Filed filing
  • 2023-02-15 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-02-15 Referred to Business & Commerce referral-committee
  • 2023-02-21 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-02-22 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-07 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-03-07 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-07 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-03-07 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-03-13 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-14 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-14 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-03-16 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-16 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-03-16 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-03-20 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-21 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-21 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-03-22 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-22 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-03-22 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-03-22 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-03-22 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-03-22 Record vote
  • 2023-03-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-03-22 Passed passage
  • 2023-03-22 Record vote
  • 2023-03-22 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-03-23 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-10 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-04-14 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-14 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-14 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-19 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-19 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-20 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-04-24 Laid out in lieu of companion
  • 2023-04-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-24 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-24 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-25 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-25 Passed as amended amendment-passage, passage
  • 2023-04-25 Record vote
  • 2023-04-25 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-26 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-01 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2023-05-01 Read
  • 2023-05-01 Senate refuses to concur
  • 2023-05-01 Senate requests conference committee
  • 2023-05-01 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2023-05-01 Senate refuses to concur-reported
  • 2023-05-01 Senate requests conference committee-reported
  • 2023-05-01 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-05 House grants request for conference committee
  • 2023-05-05 House appoints conferees
  • 2023-05-05 House grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2023-05-05 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-21 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2023-05-22 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2023-05-25 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-25 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-25 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2023-05-26 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-26 Record vote
  • 2023-05-26 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2023-05-27 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-28 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-18 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/048c4ec1-9cda-41e0-ba92-c2bb77d4f2eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).