Senate OKs critical-infrastructure emergency-map requirement and grant program; TDEM given authority

May 22, 2025

The Texas Senate passed a committee substitute for House Bill 43 41 to require emergency response maps for certain critical infrastructure and to create a grant program; authority to manage the program was assigned to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

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The Texas Senate passed the committee substitute for House Bill 43 41, a measure that requires specified critical infrastructure facilities to supply standardized emergency response maps to public safety agencies and creates a grant program to assist facilities in complying.

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