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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery."
description: "Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Texas SB 6 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--General (I0255)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "LOANS (S0117)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORK GROUP (V1223)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "WET DEBRIS STUDY GROUP (V1222)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Buckingham", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hancock", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Miles", "Morrison", "Nichols", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Taylor", "Watson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edaf710-4b78-4268-bb55-24fb09a347fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 6.xml"
source_hash: "e1747908624971cefa75a95438003829e080d67394e88c46f27f3ab85eefd6ab"
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 6 (86) — Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery.
## 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/SB00006I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **1430** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-24** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13** 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/5edaf710-4b78-4268-bb55-24fb09a347fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).