HB 3358: bill adding prosecutor staff to emergency service providers

Caption

relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response services.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Attorneys and investigators join police and firefighters for crisis services.

The bill adds attorneys, investigators, and other staff of district attorney, criminal district attorney, and county attorney offices to the list of emergency service providers under the state's critical incident stress management and crisis response law. It touches prosecutors' office staff, who now sit alongside police, firefighters, EMS workers, dispatchers, and rescue workers in that definition. Starting September 1, 2025, those prosecutor staff can be covered by the crisis response and stress management services that the law provides to emergency service providers.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 8, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Criminal Justice committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3358 · 2025-02-26

SOLD BY

Rep. Cassandra Garcia HernandezDHouse 115

Rep. Marc LaHoodRHouse 121

Rep. Ann JohnsonDHouse 134

+ 1 more author

ITEM

relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response services.

WHAT IT DOES

Attorneys and investigators join police and firefighters for crisis services.

The bill adds attorneys, investigators, and other staff of district attorney, criminal district attorney, and county attorney offices to the list of emergency service providers under the state's critical incident stress management and crisis response law. It touches prosecutors' office staff, who now sit alongside police, firefighters, EMS workers, dispatchers, and rescue workers in that definition. Starting September 1, 2025, those prosecutor staff can be covered by the crisis response and stress management services that the law provides to emergency service providers.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 26, 2025Filed
Mar 21, 2025Read first time
Mar 21, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Apr 15, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 15, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 15, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 15, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 15, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 30, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 30, 2025Committee report distributed
May 1, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 5, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 7, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 7, 2025Read 2nd time
May 7, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 7, 2025Record vote RV#1733
May 7, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 8, 2025Read 3rd time
May 8, 2025Passed
May 8, 2025Record vote RV#1836
May 8, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 8, 2025Reported engrossed
May 9, 2025Received from the House
May 13, 2025Read first time
May 13, 2025Referred to Criminal Justice

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 121 yea · 24 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 8, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Cassandra Garcia Hernandez

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$23K Hernandez Law Group$11K Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$22,500.00

Cash: $22,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $22,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988470, 101011363, 101033777, 101073006.

Hernandez Law Group$11,000.00

Hernandez Law Group

$11,000.00

Cash: $11,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $11,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062154, 101073006.

Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA$10,000.00

Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062154.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$22,500.00

Cash: $22,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $22,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988470, 101011363, 101033777, 101073006.

×

Hernandez Law Group

$11,000.00

Cash: $11,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $11,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062154, 101073006.

×

Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062154.

Votes2

House May 8, 2025

Yea: 121
Nay: 24
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1836

HB 3358 was passed by (Record 1836): 121 Yeas, 24 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 121 (published)
Nay: 24 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 7, 2025

Yea: 122
Nay: 14
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 6
Excused: 6

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1733

CSHB 3358 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1733): 122 Yeas, 14 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 122 (published)
Nay: 14 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 6 (derived from named list)
Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses8

For: 8
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot1 registration
Dallas Police Association1 registration
JPCA1 registration
NAMI Texas1 registration
San Antonio police officers association1 registration
Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 registration

Sources

8 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 26, 2025

05/13/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Courts--Justice

Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys

Health--Emergency Services & Personnel

Lawyers

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Text

The text as introduced · 152 words

89R10940 AMF-D

By: Garcia Hernandez
H.B. No. 3358

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for

purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response

services.

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

SECTION 1. Section 784.001(5), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(5) "Emergency service provider" means an individual

who provides emergency response services or post-emergency

response services , including :

(A) a law enforcement officer ;

(B) a [ , ] firefighter ;

(C) an [ , ] emergency medical services provider ;

(D) a [ , ] dispatcher ;

(E) a [ , or ] rescue service provider ; or

(F) an attorney, an investigator, or another

staff member for the office of a district attorney, criminal

district attorney, or county attorney .

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Hernandez Law Group

Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Hernandez Law Group

Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA

House May 8, 2025

House May 7, 2025

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