Monitoring the SessionSB 751
Died in committee
A population floor stacked with city-manager history and a stand-alone EMS department narrows this to very few cities, possibly one. The caption only says "certain municipalities" and never names who is covered.
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relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Caption: “certain municipalities.” Bill: 460,000-plus, EMS outside the fire department, city manager past or present.
This bill rewrites the rule for which cities fall under a special civil service chapter for emergency medical services workers. It covers cities of 460,000 or more people that run EMS outside the fire department and either use a city manager government now or used one when they adopted the chapter. A city that moves away from a city manager form of government keeps its EMS civil service system instead of falling out of it.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1171 by Rep. Cole (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1171 by Rep. Cole (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 9, 2025 and referred to the Senate Local Government committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB751 · 2025-01-09
relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
Caption: “certain municipalities.” Bill: 460,000-plus, EMS outside the fire department, city manager past or present.
This bill rewrites the rule for which cities fall under a special civil service chapter for emergency medical services workers. It covers cities of 460,000 or more people that run EMS outside the fire department and either use a city manager government now or used one when they adopted the chapter. A city that moves away from a city manager form of government keeps its EMS civil service system instead of falling out of it.
[x] BRACKET BILLanalysis confidence 50%
A population floor stacked with city-manager history and a stand-alone EMS department narrows this to very few cities, possibly one. The caption only says "certain municipalities" and never names who is covered.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Cole, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Apr 24, 2023: Referred to Local Government
Relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Jan 9, 2025
02/07/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Local Government · Final status: Died in committee
HB 1107 by Cole (identical)
City Government--Employees/Officers
Health--Emergency Services & Personnel
The text as introduced · 165 words
89R3083 MP-F By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 751 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 143.401(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) This subchapter applies only to a municipality: (1) with a population of 460,000 or more that : (A) operates under a city manager form of government; or (B) operated under a city manager form of government on the date the municipality adopted this subchapter; and (2) that employs emergency medical services personnel in a municipal department other than the fire department. SECTION 2. 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, 2025.