85R21835 KKR-F     By: Kacal, et al. H.B. No. 2119       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for   certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an eligible spouse   who remarried is eligible for death benefits for life if the   employee was a first responder, as defined by Section 504.055, who   suffered death in the course and scope of employment or while   providing services as a volunteer. This subsection applies   regardless of the date on which the death of the first responder   occurred.          SECTION 2.  Section 2, Chapter 1018 (H.B. 1094), Acts of the   84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   408.183, Labor Code, applies only to an eligible spouse who   remarries on or after the effective date of this Act. An eligible   spouse who remarried before that date is governed by the law as it   existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.