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SB767 • 2025

Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Agriculture
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sparks
Last action
2025-05-19
Official status
05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-19

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Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  7. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  8. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#958

  15. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  17. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  19. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Fairly

  20. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  21. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#934

  22. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  24. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  25. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  26. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  27. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  28. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  29. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  30. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  31. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  32. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  33. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  35. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  36. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  37. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  38. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Agriculture & Livestock

  39. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  40. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  41. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  43. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Sparks

  44. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  45. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  47. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  49. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  50. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  51. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  52. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  53. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  54. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  56. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  57. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  58. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  59. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  60. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  61. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  62. 2025-02-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  63. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  64. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  65. 2025-02-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  66. 2025-01-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  67. 2025-01-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 767 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 767

AN ACT

relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in

the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 88.1255 to read as follows:

Sec.

88.1255.

STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING

EQUIPMENT. (a)

In this section, "fire department"

means:

(1) a volunteer fire department; or

(2)

a department of a municipality, county, or special

district or authority that provides firefighting services.

(b)

The Texas Forest Service shall create and maintain a

comprehensive database that shows in real time the statewide

inventory of firefighting equipment that is available for use in

responding to wildfires.

(c) The database must:

(1)

include a description of the type of firefighting

equipment each fire department in the state has available for use in

responding to wildfires;

(2)

include contact information for the fire

department that has the equipment;

(3) be searchable by location and equipment type; and

(4)

be accessible by all fire departments in the state

and allow each fire department to update the information in the

database regarding the equipment the fire department has available.

(d)

The Texas Forest Service shall assist a fire department

that provides equipment information to the database in updating the

database annually or as soon as practicable after any change in the

availability of the department's firefighting equipment. The Texas

Forest Service shall use an electronic notification system to

remind fire departments, at least once each calendar year, to

update the availability of the department's firefighting

equipment.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 767 passed the Senate on

March 11, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 5, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 767 passed the House, with

amendment, on April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140,

Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor