Texas House bill in Session 892.
Status: introduced. Latest action: August 27, 2025.
Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council, a grant program administered by the council, and the purchase of certain public safety radio communication systems.
In April 2024, the Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires heard three days of testimony regarding the more than one million acres that burned in the Texas Panhandle. Multiple witnesses testified that one of the biggest issues facing the first responders in the Smokehouse Creek Fire was a lack of interoperable communications, which led to additional resources being left on the sidelines and delays in direction from leadership and contributed to the largest wildfire in Texas history. Additionally, the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding heard similar testimony regarding the lack of interoperability during the July Hill Country floods.��� H.B. 3 seeks to address the inability of first responders to communicate with outside departments and facilitate interoperable communications between first
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-08-27 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-08-27 | Latest Action | Meeting cancelled |