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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires congregate living facilities to maintain flood plans, conduct annual drills, and face penalties up to $5,000
Last action · August 20, 2025: FiledSponsor: Lulu Flores
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What This Bill Proposed
Congregate living facilities in Texas must develop a flood disaster plan, conduct an annual drill involving on-duty staff, and submit an annual to the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Facilities failing to conduct the drill face civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation brought by the attorney general, with each day a violation continues treated as a separate offense. The initial drill requirement is delayed until January 1, 2027.
Operators of shared residential properties face potential financial liabilities of up to $5,000 per day for non-compliance, while staff members are required to participate in yearly emergency preparedness exercises.
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.
Congregate living facilities
Facilities must develop flood disaster plans, conduct annual staff drills, submit attestations to the state, and face potential civil penalties for non-compliance.
Congregate living facility staff
On-duty staff members are required to participate in the facility's annual flood disaster plan drill.
Texas Division of Emergency Management
The division must adopt an attestation form and receive compliance submissions from facilities.
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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- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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