SB 3 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025)

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

SB 3 provides $294 million in supplemental state funding for disaster relief following a July 2025 flood event in Texas. It allocates funds to match federal disaster aid, support local governments in 27 specific counties (including Travis and Bexar) for flood warning systems and equipment, improve weather forecasting in the Texas Hill Country, and build a swift water training facility for first responders. The bill directs the Office of the Governor to manage these funds over two years, with specific requirements for how each allocation must be used. It directly affects local governments in designated flood-impacted areas and emergency response agencies preparing for future weather events.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Aug 2025
Senate Passage
Aug 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Aug 8, 2025 Last action Aug 12, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 2 edits · Aug 12, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a draft version to an official engrossed version, and the effective date was changed from 'immediately' to 'September 1, 2025' to align with the start of the fiscal year. The core funding amounts and program descriptions remain the same, though the text was cleaned up to remove formatting errors and duplicate headers.
Scope change
The applicability of the bill remains the same, but the timing of when the funds become available has been delayed until September 1, 2025.
TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'immediately' to 'September 1, 2025', delaying when the appropriated funds can be used.

TECHNICAL

The text was cleaned up to remove draft markers, duplicate headers, and inconsistent spacing, converting the document from a working draft to a final legislative version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Aug 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
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Upper · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
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Upper · Passed
Amended
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Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
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Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
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Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
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Aug 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Aug 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
Aug 8, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors

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