---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to debris management and other disaster recovery efforts."
description: "Relating to debris management and other disaster recovery efforts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Texas HB 5 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE (U0221)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "WET DEBRIS STUDY GROUP (V1222)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Deshotel", "Harless", "Kolkhorst", "Morrison", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e300c6c3-9979-4c4d-8f11-64b0becb68b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 5.xml"
source_hash: "d2dbd7d0ad52f40112f4f12ce5c4cd7acd6b36ec7aab1df5e1a0d6e2630ed5f9"
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 5 (86) — Relating to debris management and other disaster recovery efforts.

## 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/HB00005I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** 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
- **2019-04-08** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** 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
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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
- **2019-05-23** 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 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/e300c6c3-9979-4c4d-8f11-64b0becb68b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).