TexasSenate names five members to examine July 2025 floods
Five senators appointed by the Senate president will examine the circumstances of the July 2025 floods, which caused deaths and injuries to Texans.
What it does
The resolution creates a five-senator committee to examine the facts and circumstances of the July 2025 floods, which caused deaths and injuries to Texans.
Argument forA thorough Senate inquiry could help Texans understand what happened in floods that caused deaths and injuries.
Argument againstA broad inquiry could take senators’ time from other Senate work because the committee must examine the floods’ facts and circumstances thoroughly.
More detail
The resolution creates a five-member Senate committee to investigate the floods. The Senate president appoints five senators and chooses the chair and vice chair from among them. The inquiry covers flooding around July 4, 2025, that caused deaths and injuries to Texans. The inquiry concerns flooding that occurred on or about July 4, 2025.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 4Reported enrolledLatest
- Vote recorded passage. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 4Record vote
- Sep 4Read & adoptedAdopted
- Sep 3Received by the Secretary of the SenateIntroduced
- Sep 4Reported enrolledLatest
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