bill rewrites weekend holiday comp time for state workers

The text as introduced · 402 words

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.