Enrolled Bill Summary
Legislative Session: 89(2)
Senate Bill 5 | Effective: 9-18-25 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. | Senate Committee: Finance |
House Sponsor: Bonnen et al. | House Committee: Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select |
Senate Bill 5 makes supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and gives direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. Accordingly, the bill does the following:
- appropriates the following amounts from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), otherwise known as the Rainy Day Fund, to the Trusteed Programs within the governor's office for the two-year period beginning on the bill's effective date to be used for the stated purposes:
- $200,000,000 to be used to match federal money received related to disaster response, relief, and recovery and for the disaster needs of the state in a manner consistent with Strategy A.1.1, Disaster Funds, as listed in Chapter 1170 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), and Chapter 1185 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025 (the General Appropriations Act);
- $50,000,000 to be used for the purpose of making grants to assist counties, municipalities, and other local governments operating within Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, or Williamson County, as provided by the governor's declaration of disaster on July 4, 2025, regarding a heavy rainfall and flooding event and the subsequent amendments to that declaration, in establishing and implementing a system of flood warning sirens and flood gauges and purchasing other related equipment; and
- $28,000,000 to be used for the purpose of providing disaster preparedness grants for enhanced atmospheric measurement and modeling techniques to improve meteorological forecasting, enhance weather intelligence and forecasting accuracy, and improve flood management and timeliness of flood warnings; and
- appropriates $2,594,265 from the ESF for use during the two-year period beginning on the bill's effective date and $2,484,726 from the general revenue fund for use during the 2027 state fiscal year to the Department of State Health Services to implement the provisions of Senate Bill 1, 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2025, relating to campground and youth camp safety.