BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2513
89R21752 LRM-D	By: Tepper; Lujan (Perry)
	Veteran Affairs
	5/13/2025
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Current law entitles certain public employees who engage in military service to a paid leave of absence of up to 15 days to engage in authorized training or duty. Due to the nature of their shift work, firefighters often work weekends with shifts that cover multiple days. This often results in the accelerated use of the 15 days of paid leave, and firefighters often use their own paid time off to meet their military requirements. H.B. 2513 seeks to ensure that one workday is either a 24-hour or 48-hour firefighter work shift regardless of how many days the shift covers. This bill ensures firefighters have parity with other non-firefighter employees when using paid leaves of absence for military service. 

H.B. 2513 amends current law relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 437.202, Government Code, by adding Subsection (a-2) to provide that, for purposes of calculating the payment amount for a paid leave of absence from duties in a fiscal year for a person described by Subsection (a) (relating to entitling a person who meets certain criteria to a paid leave of absence) who is classified as fire protection personnel, as defined by Section 419.021 (Definitions), a 24-hour or 48-hour work shift constitutes one workday.

SECTION 2.� Effective date: September 1, 2025.