---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to grants for emergency assistance under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program."
description: "Relating to grants for emergency assistance under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3070"
citation: "Texas HB 3070 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Fire Fighters & Police--Volunteer (I0371)", "RURAL (S0467)", "TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (U0213)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Kacal", "King, Ken", "Murr", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77907f5-1feb-46c3-b014-69dd6463fec0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3070.xml"
source_hash: "4b134e3796b2c1164246eceb1fd3ab9a60453d9438e3483ea4938b018b2628b7"
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 3070 (86) — Relating to grants for emergency assistance under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.

## 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/HB03070I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Kacal — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** 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
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** 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
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/f77907f5-1feb-46c3-b014-69dd6463fec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).