The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Division of Emergency Management establishes statewide outdoor warning siren protocol and advisory committee under HB 187
Last action · July 23, 2025: FiledSponsor: Rhetta Bowers
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
The Texas Division of Emergency Management must establish a uniform activation protocol by March 15, 2026, and s operating sirens must adopt it by September 1, 2026. The legislation also creates an advisory committee to guide the protocol's development, conduct an annual statewide survey, and submit annual recommendations.
Local governments operating s must align their emergency activation criteria with new state standards, while emergency management officials participate in regional advisory oversight.
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.
Political subdivisions operating outdoor warning sirens
Municipalities, counties, and special purpose districts must adopt and implement the state-developed outdoor warning siren activation protocol.
Texas Division of Emergency Management
The division must develop by rule, publish, and update the siren activation protocol, establish an advisory committee, and receive annual survey reports.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
When do local governments have to adopt the new siren activation protocol?
What triggers siren activation under the new protocol?
Does the state protocol regulate siren testing schedules or maintenance?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
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 23, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools