republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-198.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters."
description: "Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Texas HB 198 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "CANCER (S0658)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "FIRE PROTECTION", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0035)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "WADE CANNON ACT (P81E3)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Cole", "Martinez", "Parker", "Spiller", "Walle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337343c8-3723-46ea-b5d3-340bb5c1337d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 198.xml"
source_hash: "2af402249be5eb614049ee54420748ce8b9a6e87c247e15942190431c1936cda"
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 198 (89R) — Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.

## 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/HB00198I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00198E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00198H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00198S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00198F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 198 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **148–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Cole — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-31** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** 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/337343c8-3723-46ea-b5d3-340bb5c1337d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).