---
title: "Labor--Workers' Compensation - Texas Legislation"
subject: "Labor--Workers' Compensation"
total_bills: 6
unique_authors: 6
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/labor-workers-compensation"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Labor--Workers' Compensation

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 6
- **Unique Authors:** 6
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 3 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 2 bills
- **Low:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Brent Hagenbuch** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Chris Turner** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Keith Bell** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Mary Gonzalez** (D, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Labor](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/labor) (6 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (3 shared bills)
- [INSURANCE, COMMISSIONER OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance-commissioner-of) (3 shared bills)
- [WORKERS' COMPENSATION, COMMISSIONER OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/workers-compensation-commissioner-of) (2 shared bills)
- [Fire Fighters & Police--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/fire-fighters-police-general) (2 shared bills)
- [State Employees](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-employees) (2 shared bills)
- [Fire Fighters & Police](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/fire-fighters-police) (2 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 6 bills
- [Texas Division of Emergency Management](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-division-of-emergency-management) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB4144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4144-89th-regular) | Relating to supplemental benefits for reti... | Critical | High |
| [HB4464](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4464-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of workers' comp... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB2488](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2488-89th-regular) | Relating to conducting certain contes... | Keith Bell (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4144-89th-regular) | Relating to supplemental benefits for... | Chris Turner (D) | Critical |
| [HB4464](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4464-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of workers'... | Mary Gonzalez (D) | Critical |
| [SB1455](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1455-89th-regular) | Relating to the funding mechanism for... | Brent Hagenbuch (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2077](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2077-89th-regular) | Relating to the qualifications of mem... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |
| [SB264](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb264-89th-regular) | Relating to discontinuing group self-... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/labor-workers-compensation)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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