---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to services provided during and following a disaster."
description: "Relating to services provided during and following a disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2320"
citation: "Texas HB 2320 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac6ffe0-1259-4865-9eb2-94c5340098a6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2320.xml"
source_hash: "bf44756c829e0137ae77ce0cb0b3b15fc461e6ed9090bd082087bb10e16ff521"
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 2320 (86) — Relating to services provided during and following a disaster.

## 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/HB02320I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — 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** 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`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** 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/1ac6ffe0-1259-4865-9eb2-94c5340098a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).