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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas directs Department of Public Safety to study emergency alert notification systems and report by September 2026
Last action · August 19, 2025: FiledSponsor: Sarah Eckhardt
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What This Bill Proposed
The Department of Public Safety must conduct a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of state emergency alert notification systems, analyze geographic broadcast sizes, and submit a written report with legislative recommendations to state leadership by September 1, 2026.
The measure sets a deadline for evaluating whether current wireless and roadside emergency alert systems successfully resolve crises or prompt public disengagement through excessive notifications.
- Emergency alert systems in Texas include localized wireless emergency alerts, weather warnings, and roadside dynamic message boards operated across multiple state jurisdictions. 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.
Department of Public Safety
Must conduct the emergency alert study, coordinate with other state agencies, and compile the final report with legislative recommendations.
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Must coordinate on the study evaluating its operated alert notification systems and communication methods.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Aug 19, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
- Aug 19, 2025SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
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