---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state."
description: "Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2794"
citation: "Texas HB 2794 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Governor (I0375)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Larson", "Lucio III", "Morrison", "Phelan", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e9db770-444b-4450-81ca-1712f4913a5b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2794.xml"
source_hash: "16077d254bae609553bd1c716984c88f3a75440ef9b9fde690dc6b864d699041"
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 2794 (86) — Relating to the administration of emergency management in this state.

## 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/HB02794I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** 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
- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Water & Rural 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
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** 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
- **2019-05-22** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e9db770-444b-4450-81ca-1712f4913a5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).