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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires emergency communication devices in facilities serving vulnerable populations located in floodplains or disaster areas
Last action · July 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: Mitch Little
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What This Bill Proposed
Certain facilities serving children, elderly individuals, and people with disabilities must maintain independent emergency communication devices like satellite equipment or radios if located in a or affected by past natural disasters. The bill creates civil liability and allows recovering attorney's fees for individuals harmed by a violation.
Facilities meeting the criteria face potential lawsuits and financial liability if they fail to provide reliable communication equipment during emergencies, while individuals in those facilities gain a legal right to seek damages.
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.
Facilities serving vulnerable populations
Covered facilities must acquire and maintain backup communication equipment and are exposed to potential civil lawsuits and attorney fee liabilities for non-compliance.
Individuals receiving services at covered facilities
Individuals gain the legal right to bring a civil action for damages resulting from a facility's failure to maintain required emergency communication devices.
Key Facts
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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 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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