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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an emergency services district employee without board approval."
description: "Relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an emergency services district employee without board approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2778"
citation: "Texas SB 2778 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Adam", "Lujan", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 80
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d10cca1-a94f-4939-bda5-edc4b44f19c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02700_SB02799/SB 2778.xml"
source_hash: "31a252fc9aac8527aa203fae2f07ec13d5792d9cc2745c3c4e7c2224787970bd"
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 2778 (89R) — Relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an emergency services district employee without board approval.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02778I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02778E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02778H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02778S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02778F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **97–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **89–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **97–39** (pass) · upper
- passage — **108–33** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2778 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **86–49** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Vote reconsidered
- **2025-05-23** Vote reconsidered
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-26** Read
- **2025-05-26** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-26** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-26** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-26** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d10cca1-a94f-4939-bda5-edc4b44f19c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).