---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state and regional flood planning."
description: "Relating to state and regional flood planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Texas SB 8 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION BOARD", "TEXAS STATE (V9940)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Fallon", "Flores", "Hall", "Hancock", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Johnson", "Kolkhorst", "Larson", "Lucio", "Menéndez", "Miles", "Nelson", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Powell", "Rodríguez", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Taylor", "Watson", "West", "Whitmire", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/561a62f5-c318-420b-b27b-56a53c3d3618"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 8.xml"
source_hash: "4d4711ca81c9b57b4f7a7d63a558dade053a2058ba58ec3e30d2344f5335a2e4"
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 SB 8 (86) — Relating to state and regional flood planning.

## 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/SB00008I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Fallon — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Postponed
- **2019-05-16** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Postponed
- **2019-05-20** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-20** Postponed
- **2019-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-22** Postponed
- **2019-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/561a62f5-c318-420b-b27b-56a53c3d3618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).