89R14116 LRM-F
By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2186
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, as amended
by Chapters 109 (S.B. 2214), 765 (H.B. 4504), and 950 (S.B. 1727),
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted
and amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and
notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, each of the
following state employees who is required to work on a national or
state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to
compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked
on the holiday:
(1) an employee of the Department of Family and
Protective Services in the statewide intake division who receives
reports of abuse or neglect;
(2) a peace officer commissioned or appointed, as
applicable, by a state officer or state agency listed under Article
2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(3) an employee of the Department of Public Safety
who:
(A) performs communications or dispatch services
related to traffic law enforcement; [or]
(B) is a public security officer, as that term is
defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or
(C) performs criminal intelligence analysis or
crime analysis work related to traffic law enforcement or other
criminal law enforcement;
(4) an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department
who performs communications and dispatch services to assist law
enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife
Commission in performing law enforcement duties;
(5) an employee of[, or who is employed by] the Texas
Juvenile Justice Department who:
(A) performs [to perform] communication service
duties for the incident reporting center; and
(B) assists [to assist] law enforcement officers
appointed by the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department in performing investigative duties; [,] or
(6) [who is employed as] a security officer providing
security and entry searches for secure correctional facilities
operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department[,].
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.