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HB5424 • 2025

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Bonnen | Leo Wilson
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. September 1, 2026

  3. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  6. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  8. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  9. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  10. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  12. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  16. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  17. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  19. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  24. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  26. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  27. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Bonnen

  28. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2032

  29. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed as amended

  31. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2033

  32. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1949

  37. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  44. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  45. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  48. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  49. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  51. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5424 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 5424

AN ACT

relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 419.0322(c), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(c) A fire department may not
, in a calendar year,

compensate, reimburse, or provide benefits
to an individual

designated as a volunteer or auxiliary firefighter that exceeds 20

percent of the highest total compensation paid to full-time fire

protection personnel by a local government:

(1)

in the county in which the department is located;

or

(2)

if the county does not have a local government that

pays compensation to full-time fire protection personnel, in an

adjacent county to the county in which the department is located
[
to

a person the department has designated as a volunteer or other

auxiliary fire fighter to the extent that the person would be

considered fully paid fire protection personnel
].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5424 was passed by the House on May

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5424 was passed by the Senate on May

20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor