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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires new flooding disaster guide for civic and volunteer groups on state website by April 2026
Last action · July 17, 2025: FiledSponsor: Don McLaughlin
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to a guide on preparing for and responding to a flooding disaster.
Establishes a centralized state reference standard for community-level flood response and sets a hard statutory deadline for public website publication by state emergency management authorities.
- The Texas Division of Emergency Management operates under Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code to manage statewide emergency response and disaster mitigation. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Division of Emergency Management
The division is required to develop, publish, and potentially revise the flooding disaster guide by the statutory deadline.
Civic and volunteer organizations
These organizations gain access to a standardized state reference guide detailing best practices and coordination strategies for flood disasters.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 17, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
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