---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations."
description: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "892"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Texas SB 5 (892)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "Governor (I0375)", "RADIO (S0252)", "Safety (I0740)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "TEXAS INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL (VC9C1)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Bonnen", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hall", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "West", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 78
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-08-15"
last_action: "2025-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67cd2f08-7122-424b-8d21-9aee64edda79"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 5.xml"
source_hash: "595962a2d3b1d82d4e8798db05d692e94f745c3add712d64cc602d4e9db5f762"
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 5 (892) — Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

## 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/SB00005I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00005E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00005H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00005S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00005F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **129–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 5 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (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** Co-author authorized
- **2025-08-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-08-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **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** 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`
- **2025-08-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-08-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-08-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-08-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-08-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-08-21** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-08-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-08-21** Record vote
- **2025-08-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-21** Rules suspended
- **2025-08-21** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-08-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-21** Record vote
- **2025-08-21** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2025-08-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-21** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-08-22** Read
- **2025-08-22** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-08-22** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-08-22** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-08-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-08-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-08-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-08-25** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-08-25** House appoints conferees
- **2025-08-26** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-08-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-09-03** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-09-03** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-09-03** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2025-09-03** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-03** Record vote
- **2025-09-03** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2025-09-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-09-03** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-09-03** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-09-03** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2025-09-03** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-03** Record vote
- **2025-09-03** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-09-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-09-04** Signed in Senate-Art III Sec 49a Tx. Const.
- **2025-09-04** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-09-04** Sent to the Comptroller
- **2025-09-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-18** 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/67cd2f08-7122-424b-8d21-9aee64edda79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).