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HB 3TEXASSession 891State Billdead
Did Not Advance

Texas House Bill 3 Appropriates $324 Million for Disaster Relief, Flood Warnings, and Emergency Radio Infrastructure

Original title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

Last action · August 8, 2025: FiledSponsor: Greg Bonnen

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What This Bill Proposed

Texas House Bill 3 allocates $324 million in supplemental funding from the for disaster response, local flood warning systems, meteorological forecasting, and emergency communications infrastructure across specified Texas counties, effective immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote in each house.

Why it matters

Local governments in 29 listed counties gain access to specific state grant funding to install flood warning sirens and rain gauges following recent disaster declarations, while state agencies receive hundreds of millions to manage matching federal recovery funds and weather intelligence upgrades.

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.

Directly affected

Local governments in 29 designated counties

Eligible to receive grant funding for establishing and implementing flood warning sirens, rain gauges, and related equipment.

Directly affected

Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor

Receives multi-million dollar appropriations to distribute for FEMA matching, local disaster grants, and meteorological forecasting.

Directly affected

Texas Interoperability Council

Receives a contingent appropriation of $50,000,000 for emergency communications implementation if H.B. 2 passes.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which local governments are eligible for the flood warning and rain gauge grants?
Counties, municipalities, or other local governments operating within Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, or Williamson County are eligible.
What is the total amount appropriated by House Bill 3?
The bill appropriates a total of $324,000,000 from the across its various provisions.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.

Procedural history

1 action
  1. Aug 8, 2025HouseIntroduced
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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

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Sponsors

Greg BonnenHouse · District 24RepublicanAuthor

Connected Entities

Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor, Economic Stabilization Fund, Emergency Radio Infrastructure Account Number 5153 and 2 more
OrganizationTrusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor“Recipient of appropriations for FEMA match, disaster funds, local grants, and me”Map →
otherEconomic Stabilization Fund“Source fund for the supplemental appropriations”Map →
otherEmergency Radio Infrastructure Account Number 5153“Account for contingent deposit if H.B. 2 fails to enact”Map →
OrganizationTexas Interoperability Council“Contingent recipient of $50,000,000 for interoperable emergency communications g”Map →
OrganizationComptroller of Public Accounts“Contingent deposit recipient for emergency radio infrastructure account number 5”Map →

Sources

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capitol.texas.gov

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