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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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153 lines
6.9 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas."
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description: "Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "892"
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identifier: "SB 3"
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citation: "Texas SB 3 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "Governor (I0375)", "Safety (I0740)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Darby", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Leo Wilson", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Virdell", "West", "Wharton", "Wilson", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-08-15"
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last_action: "2025-09-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571fb803-bf3d-4eaf-a481-0f8c74100ec7"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 3.xml"
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source_hash: "74f91c36ea6fad195444671f42df7cdc5afbefb1f78db10f701dfb825ea3c149"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 3 (892) — Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00003F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 3 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **27–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Blanco — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Darby — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Gutierrez — primary (person)
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- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Miles — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- Virdell — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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- Wharton — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-15** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-15** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-08-15** Record vote
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- **2025-08-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-08-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-08-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-08-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-18** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-08-18** Record vote
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- **2025-08-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-18** Record vote
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- **2025-08-18** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-18** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-08-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-20** Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-08-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-25** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-08-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-08-27** Read
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- **2025-08-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-08-27** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-08-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-09-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-05** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/571fb803-bf3d-4eaf-a481-0f8c74100ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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