---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4361"
citation: "Texas HB 4361 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Howard", "Simmons", "Walle", "Ward Johnson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0e11e3-be35-4385-95a4-ffb98e6edc6e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4361.xml"
source_hash: "e817877348806964b243a6c712cffad8dd2878afb07ef5670eb7c9fe8b45d28e"
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 4361 (89R) — Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB04361I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04361S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB04361F.PDF)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Ward Johnson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/6d0e11e3-be35-4385-95a4-ffb98e6edc6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).