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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services."
description: "Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2325"
citation: "Texas HB 2325 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER (S2124)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "VOLUNTEERS (S1314)", "TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE (U0221)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "INFORMATION & REFERRAL NETWORK", "TEXAS (V0018)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Hancock", "Metcalf", "Oliverson", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cecc5830-b529-44fc-b48e-94723f0c087c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2325.xml"
source_hash: "dfec54c7e6f321ef41a3c8709d7fe20c998cf0d55377c1d39273bd877ec1cb3d"
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 2325 (86) — Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services.
## 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/HB02325I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1450** (pass) · lower
- other — **1373** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1373** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** 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
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/cecc5830-b529-44fc-b48e-94723f0c087c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).