republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/892/hb-192.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "892"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "Texas HB 192 (892)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CONSTABLES (S2357)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cain", "Cunningham", "Hull", "Oliverson", "Toth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-08-18"
last_action: "2025-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0212cf97-7ffd-48a5-a367-da30bc370d6f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 192.xml"
source_hash: "79dee922f51d28a8284029b9ae4018a7dc01d406442690481ae8e9075ccb2f55"
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 HB 192 (892) — Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties.

## 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/892/billtext/html/HB00192I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00192E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00192H.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00192F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–45** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **89–48** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 192 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **21–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-08-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-21** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-08-25** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-08-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-08-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-08-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-08-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-08-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-08-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Reported engrossed
- **2025-08-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-27** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-27** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-08-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-08-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-08-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-27** Printing rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Ordered not printed
- **2025-08-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-08-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-17** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0212cf97-7ffd-48a5-a367-da30bc370d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).