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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state."
+description: "Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2794"
+citation: "Texas HB 2794 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Governor (I0375)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Larson", "Lucio III", "Morrison", "Phelan", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-28"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e9db770-444b-4450-81ca-1712f4913a5b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2794.xml"
+source_hash: "16077d254bae609553bd1c716984c88f3a75440ef9b9fde690dc6b864d699041"
+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 2794 (86) — Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state.
+
+## 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/HB02794I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Larson — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Morrison — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** 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
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Record vote
+- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e9db770-444b-4450-81ca-1712f4913a5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+