SR 2 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Creating the General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events.

This resolution creates a 5-member Senate committee appointed by the President of the Senate to investigate the July 4, 2025, flooding events in Texas that caused deaths and injuries. The committee will examine the facts and circumstances surrounding these events under existing Senate rules and Government Code procedures. It does not create new laws or policies, but establishes a body to conduct a formal review of the flooding incident. This procedural resolution directly affects the legislative process for investigating the specific flood disaster.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Sep 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Sep 3, 2025 Last action Sep 4, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

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The bill was converted from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, meaning it has been officially adopted by the Senate. The substantive policy content regarding the creation of a General Investigating Committee to study the July 2025 flooding events remains unchanged, but the document now includes official certification of adoption, vote counts, and signatures from the President and Secretary of the Senate.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's purpose to create an investigative committee for the July 2025 flooding events remains the same.

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Added official enrollment text including Senate certification, vote tally (Yeas 26, Nays 0), and signature lines for the President of the Senate and Secretary of the Senate.

Removed draft formatting elements including the 'Introduced' byline and placeholder text used during the bill's preparation phase.

Reordered and renumbered sections to reflect final enrolled format, though the substantive legislative text of the resolution remains identical.

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Sep 4, 2025

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