H.B. No. 3335
AN ACT
relating to employment activities of certain peace officers
responding to an emergency call for purposes of the Texas Workers'
Compensation Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.026, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a
firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical personnel en route
to an emergency call is considered to be in the course and scope of
the firefighter's, peace officer's, or emergency medical
personnel's employment.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of
this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before
that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3335 was passed by the House on May
12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3335 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor