---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas."
description: "Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "892"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Texas SB 3 (892)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "Governor (I0375)", "Safety (I0740)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Darby", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Leo Wilson", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Virdell", "West", "Wharton", "Wilson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-08-15"
last_action: "2025-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571fb803-bf3d-4eaf-a481-0f8c74100ec7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 3.xml"
source_hash: "74f91c36ea6fad195444671f42df7cdc5afbefb1f78db10f701dfb825ea3c149"
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 3 (892) — Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.

## 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/892/billtext/html/SB00003I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 3 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Virdell — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Wharton — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
- **2025-08-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-15** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-08-15** Record vote
- **2025-08-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-08-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-08-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-08-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-08-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-08-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-18** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-08-18** Record vote
- **2025-08-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-18** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-18** Record vote
- **2025-08-18** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-18** Reported engrossed
- **2025-08-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-08-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-20** Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-08-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-08-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-08-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-08-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-08-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-08-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended
- **2025-08-26** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-26** Record vote
- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-26** Record vote
- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-26** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-08-27** Read
- **2025-08-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-08-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-05** 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/571fb803-bf3d-4eaf-a481-0f8c74100ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).