2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB2193
HB2193 directs the Texas Veterans Commission to study how many veterans need benefits assistance, where they live and where claims benefit advisers should work.
Official caption: Relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the provision of veterans benefits in this state.
Official report lists House author(s): Guillen, Garcia, Josey, Lozano. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB2193 directs the Texas Veterans Commission to study how many veterans need benefits assistance, where they live and where claims benefit advisers should work.
- The commission must determine the staffing and locations needed for efficient service, considering existing veterans county service officer coverage and shared locations serving several counties while minimizing travel time and distance.
- The report, including findings and recommendations, was required by June 1, 2026, for the governor, lieutenant governor, House speaker and every legislator.
- The act orders a study, not a new benefit payment or an adviser office in every county.
What does it do?
HB2193 directs the Texas Veterans Commission to study how many veterans need benefits assistance, where they live and where claims benefit advisers should work. The study covers veterans entitled under state or federal law to benefits the commission manages, provides or helps facilitate, with their locations broken down by county. It must also count the commission’s current claims benefit advisers. Final law, Section 1.
The commission must determine the staffing and locations needed for efficient service, considering existing veterans county service officer coverage and shared locations serving several counties while minimizing travel time and distance. It must estimate hiring, training, equipment, office, operating and support-staff costs. It may consider placing advisers alongside organizations already serving veterans. Final law.
The report, including findings and recommendations, was required by June 1, 2026, for the governor, lieutenant governor, House speaker and every legislator. The act took effect June 20, 2025, and expires January 1, 2027. This explanation identifies the statutory deadline; it does not verify whether the report was delivered or recommendations implemented. Final law, Sections 1(d)–3; history.
The act orders a study, not a new benefit payment or an adviser office in every county. It does not itself hire a fixed number of advisers or change eligibility for veterans benefits. Final law.
What changed along the way?
The introduced, House committee, House-passed, Senate committee and enrolled versions retain the same substantive study, report deadline and expiration. The official index reports no amendments, and there was no conference. The House passed the bill May 14 and the Senate May 25. It became law without the governor’s signature, rather than through a signing. Introduced; all versions; amendment index; history.
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Official bill versions
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Veterans may benefit if future staffing decisions use the study to reduce travel and close service gaps. County service officers and lawmakers gain information for coordinating resources. The commission bears the study and reporting work; any expanded service system would carry costs the study is directed to estimate. Those possible improvements are not guaranteed by commissioning the report. Final law.
The latest fiscal note anticipated no significant state or local-government fiscal impact, assuming the bill’s work could be absorbed using existing resources. That estimate concerns this study requirement, not a finding that an expanded statewide adviser network would be cost-free. May 22 fiscal note.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
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