HB 4175

bill widening the mental health leave rule

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain qualified employees.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Peace officers and telecommunicators already get paid leave after a traumatic event.

The bill widens an existing state rule that makes law enforcement agencies adopt a paid mental health leave policy for peace officers and full-time telecommunicators who go through a traumatic event on the job. It now also covers jailers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice security staff, parole officers, and telecommunicators without the full-time limit, at any state or local agency allowed to employ a peace officer. Each covered agency must write or update its policy so these workers can take mental health leave with no pay cut, with set leave days and stated privacy rules, starting September 1, 2025.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4175 · 2025-03-10

SOLD BY

Rep. Ray LopezDHouse 125

ITEM

relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain qualified employees.

WHAT IT DOES

Peace officers and telecommunicators already get paid leave after a traumatic event.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 4, 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

Mar 10, 2025Filed
Mar 31, 2025Read first time
Mar 31, 2025Referred to Public Health
May 5, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 5, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 5, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
May 5, 2025Left pending in committee
May 12, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 12, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ray Lopez

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5K Texas Sands PAC$4K Valero Energy Corporation PAC$3K

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 · Jul 5, 2024 to May 29, 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$5,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 18, 2025. 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 23, 2024. 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: 100987088.

Valero Energy Corporation PAC$3,000.00

Valero Energy Corporation PAC

$3,000.00

Cash: $3,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $3,000.00

Also funds 94 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 9, 2025. 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Money

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

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 18, 2025. 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 23, 2024. 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: 100987088.

Valero Energy Corporation PAC

$3,000.00

Cash: $3,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $3,000.00

Also funds 94 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 9, 2025. 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 4, 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 Mar 10, 2025

05/12/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

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

House committee · Public Health · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay, 3 absent · Final status: Did not pass

Subjects

City Government--Employees/Officers

Corrections--Jails & Prisons

County Government--Employees/Officers

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE

Text

The text as introduced · 483 words

89R12611 JBD-D

By: Lopez of Bexar
H.B. No. 4175

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain

qualified employees.

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

SECTION 1. Section 614.015, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 614.015. MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE FOR QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES

OF CERTAIN AGENCIES [ PEACE OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATORS ]. (a)

In this section:

(1) "Jailer" means:

(A) a county jailer as defined by Section

1701.001, Occupations Code; or

(B) an employee of the Texas Department of

Criminal Justice who performs a security, custodial, or supervisory

function over the admittance, confinement, or discharge of

prisoners.

(2) "Peace officer" means an individual described by

Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(3) "Qualified agency" [ "Law enforcement agency" ]

means an agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the

state authorized [ by law ] to employ a peace officer, including the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice [ officers ].

(4) "Qualified employee" means:

(A) a peace officer;

(B) a jailer;

(C) a telecommunicator; or

(D) a parole officer.

(5) [ (2) ] "Telecommunicator" means a person

authorized to act as a telecommunicator under Section 1701.405,

Occupations Code.

(b) Each qualified agency [ law enforcement agency, and each

agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the state ] that

employs a qualified employee [ a full-time telecommunicator, ] shall

develop and adopt a policy allowing the use of mental health leave

by the qualified employee [ peace officers and full-time

telecommunicators, as applicable, employed by the agency ] who

experiences [ experience ] a traumatic event in the scope of that

employment.

(c) A mental health leave policy adopted under this section

must:

(1) provide clear and objective guidelines

establishing the circumstances under which a qualified employee

[ peace officer or telecommunicator ] is granted and may use mental

health leave;

(2) entitle a qualified employee [ peace officer or

telecommunicator ] to mental health leave without a deduction in

salary or other compensation;

(3) enumerate the number of mental health leave days

available to a qualified employee [ peace officer or

telecommunicator ]; and

(4) detail the level of anonymity for a qualified

employee [ peace officer or telecommunicator ] who takes mental

health leave.

(d) A mental health leave policy adopted under this section

may provide a list of mental health services available to a

qualified employee [ peace officers and telecommunicators in the

area of the law enforcement or employing agency ].

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, each agency required to adopt a mental health leave

policy under Section 614.015, Government Code, as amended by this

Act, shall adopt a mental health leave policy as prescribed by that

section.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.