Bill Text: TX HB2128 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB2128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2128-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2128 | ||
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| relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue | ||
| service capabilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY ON RURAL FIREFIGHTING AND TECHNICAL RESCUE | ||
| SERVICE CAPABILITIES. (a) In this Act, "service" means the Texas | ||
| A&M Engineering Extension Service. | ||
| (b) The service shall conduct a study of rural firefighting | ||
| and technical rescue service capabilities and compare those | ||
| capabilities with those of urban municipalities. The study must | ||
| consider disparities in: | ||
| (1) available funding for personnel and equipment; | ||
| (2) the number of qualified candidates to fill new or | ||
| vacant firefighting and rescue personnel positions; | ||
| (3) opportunities for affordable training for | ||
| firefighting and rescue personnel; and | ||
| (4) any other factor the service considers relevant. | ||
| SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2026, the | ||
| service shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives a report that includes | ||
| the findings of the study and any recommendations based on the | ||
| study. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2128 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2128 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
