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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires."
description: "Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 767"
citation: "Texas SB 767 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Fire Fighters & Police--Volunteer (I0371)", "TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (U0213)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fairly", "King", "Smithee", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7235b83e-339e-4cc6-8a97-275c8c21843e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 767.xml"
source_hash: "6d882bb19560fd7af94adeb1db598632dfa8f21b39652f041e84f9f5016691d4"
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 767 (89R) — Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
## 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/SB00767I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00767E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00767H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00767S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00767F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1396** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1400** (pass) · lower
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 767 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fairly — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-04** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-06** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-11** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-05** Read
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-05** Record vote
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7235b83e-339e-4cc6-8a97-275c8c21843e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).