Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.
The bill sponsor has informed the House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding of the need for improvements in the way the state and local governments respond to disasters, including the need for better training, coordination, and management. The historic flooding in Central Texas in July 2025 has highlighted that need, which has also been emphasized in the committee's recent hearings. S.B. 2 seeks to address those issues by providing, among other provisions, for educational requirements for certain justices of the peace on managing mass fatality events, the revision of statutory provisions relating to required emergency management training for certain government officials, the licensing of emergency management coordinators of certain political subdivisions, the establishment of a statewide volunteer management system,
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-08-27 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-08-27 | Latest Action | House appoints conferees-reported |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | introduced |
| HB 18 | Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty. | introduced |
| HB 192 | Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | introduced |
| HB 20 | Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. | introduced |
| HB 1 | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. | introduced |
| SB 1 | Relating to campground and youth camp safety. | introduced |
| SR 78 | Recognizing Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. | enacted |
| SR 82 | Recognizing Irving Fire Department on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. | enacted |