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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions."
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description: "Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 252"
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citation: "Texas SB 252 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aliens (I0032)", "COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Cortez", "Garcia", "Guillen", "Neave Criado", "Vo"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-11-28"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b65d7b9f-5c3d-4a50-bcea-bb017c3d2a73"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 252.xml"
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source_hash: "10b5634ee182aeb29b30b4130ba0d13094492832d1e7e40398364706530ae2c9"
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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 SB 252 (88) — Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions.
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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/88R/billtext/html/SB00252I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00252E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00252H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00252S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00252F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 252 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **141–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Cortez — primary (person)
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Neave Criado — primary (person)
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- Vo — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-02** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-04** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-04** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
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- **2023-05-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-04** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/b65d7b9f-5c3d-4a50-bcea-bb017c3d2a73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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