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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services."
+description: "Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2325"
+citation: "Texas HB 2325 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER (S2124)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "VOLUNTEERS (S1314)", "TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE (U0221)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "INFORMATION & REFERRAL NETWORK", "TEXAS (V0018)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Hancock", "Metcalf", "Oliverson", "Swanson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cecc5830-b529-44fc-b48e-94723f0c087c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2325.xml"
+source_hash: "dfec54c7e6f321ef41a3c8709d7fe20c998cf0d55377c1d39273bd877ec1cb3d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2325 (86) — Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02325I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **137–3** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-02** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cecc5830-b529-44fc-b48e-94723f0c087c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+