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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education."
+description: "Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 4361"
+citation: "Texas HB 4361 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Safety (I0740)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Howard", "Simmons", "Walle", "Ward Johnson", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0e11e3-be35-4385-95a4-ffb98e6edc6e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4361.xml"
+source_hash: "e817877348806964b243a6c712cffad8dd2878afb07ef5670eb7c9fe8b45d28e"
+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 4361 (89R) — Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB04361F.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- Ward Johnson — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Record vote
+- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-07** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d0e11e3-be35-4385-95a4-ffb98e6edc6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+