---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the civil liability of certain persons providing disaster assistance."
description: "Relating to the civil liability of certain persons providing disaster assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3365"
citation: "Texas HB 3365 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Farrar", "Paul"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3ff583-eaf9-433f-85bb-c921e2408968"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3365.xml"
source_hash: "764e716f67d848d1592a0551cca2ced909c3f06c4cb4ce60e0b8cbb462949a21"
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 3365 (86) — Relating to the civil liability of certain persons providing disaster assistance.

## 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/HB03365I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Farrar — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State 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
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3ff583-eaf9-433f-85bb-c921e2408968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).