The House Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

89th Legislature

July 31, 2025

9:30 a.m.

Kerrville, Texas (see details below)

Pursuant to a notice posted on July 28, 2025, and permission granted on July 30, 2025, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative King, at 9:30 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives King; Martinez; Bonnen; Darby; Johnson; Louderback; Moody; Virdell; and Wilson.

A quorum was present.

The Chair made opening remarks.

The Lieutenant Governor made opening remarks.

The Speaker of the House made opening remarks.

The committee met in a public hearing to hear invited and public testimony on the following

topics:

(1) the state and local response to the July 4 flash flooding in Central and West Texas;

(2) meteorological data collection and modeling; and

(3) post-disaster mental health resources.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

At 10:58 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. King, Chair

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Megan Quijano, Clerk