Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 4144: Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.

Enacted Official data

Introduced
In committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both chambers
Enacted

Last official action: June 20, 2025 ·Record last updated: Oct 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

Plain-language summary

HB 4144 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses. Primary sponsor: Chris Turner (Democratic), Ben Bumgarner (Republican), Jared Patterson (Republican), John McQueeney (Republican), Mihaela Pleșa (Democratic), Mayes Middleton (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 8

Name	Role	Party	Chamber	District
Chris Turner	Primary sponsor	Democratic	House	101
Ben Bumgarner	Primary sponsor	Republican	House	63
Jared Patterson	Primary sponsor	Republican	House	106
John McQueeney	Primary sponsor	Republican	House	97
Mihaela Pleșa	Primary sponsor	Democratic	House	70
Mayes Middleton	Primary sponsor	Republican	Senate	11
Liz Campos	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	119
Linda Garcia	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	107
Brent Hagenbuch	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	30
Adam Hinojosa	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	27
Chuy Hinojosa	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	20
Marc LaHood	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	121
Janie Lopez	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	37
Penny Morales Shaw	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	148

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

June 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
June 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
June 2, 2025Sent to the Governor
June 1, 2025Signed in the Senate
June 1, 2025Signed in the House
May 31, 2025Reported enrolled
May 30, 2025House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
May 30, 2025Text of Senate Amendment(s)
May 30, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 30, 2025Record vote
May 30, 2025House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
May 29, 2025Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

Read the bill

Full bill text ↗

Bill text — Enrolled (official legislature file)

Official legislature bill page

Get embed code

Newsrooms and bloggers: paste these two lines into a story to show a small card with this bill. It updates itself when our data changes and links to the official source.

<div data-sys-embed="bill/tx/hb-4144-89r"><a href="https://saveyourstate.com/states/tx/bills/hb-4144-89r/">Texas HB 4144 on SaveYourState</a></div>
<script async src="https://saveyourstate.com/embed.js"></script>

Preview the card

Free during the preview. No ads and no reader tracking. For newsrooms

Key facts

Bill: HB 4144
Chamber: House
Introduced: March 10, 2025
Stage: Enacted
Last action: June 20, 2025

Get alerts for Texas

We’ll email you when new Texas bills are introduced, with sponsors, status, and a link to each bill page.

Spot an error?

We correct factual errors promptly and note the change. See our corrections policy.

Report an error

Opens an email to saveyourstate@gmail.com with the bill number and page address filled in.