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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions."
+description: "Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 7"
+citation: "Texas HB 7 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Governor (I0375)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Deshotel", "Huffman", "Morrison", "Murphy", "Swanson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966a2735-3ba5-4b6b-8a6c-f963b592e85a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 7.xml"
+source_hash: "c4f62e4a501cea3903c9789e92d630bf0aa425d68e47fa1ffafdc4f82b94afd3"
+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 7 (86) — Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions.
+
+## 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/HB00007I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Deshotel — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Morrison — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-06** 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
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** 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`
+- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **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
+- **2019-05-20** 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 reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-13** 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/966a2735-3ba5-4b6b-8a6c-f963b592e85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+