Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 1st Special Session
Texas HB150: Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
Status: Introduced, July 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
From the introduced text, July 21, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 411.306, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 411.306. CONTENT OF POWER OUTAGE ALERT. The power outage alert must[ADDED: be in English and Spanish and]include a statement that electricity customers may experience a power outage. SECTION 2. Section 411.352, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 411.352. STATEWIDE AMERICA'S MISSING: BROADCAST EMERGENCY RESPONSE (AMBER) ALERT SYSTEM FOR ABDUCTED CHILDREN AND MISSING PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. With the cooperation of the Texas Department of Transportation, the office of the governor, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies in this state, the department shall develop and implement a statewide alert system to be activated on behalf of an abducted child or a missing person with an intellectual disability.[ADDED: The department ] [ADDED: shall require that the information provided through the alert ] [ADDED: system, including information sent through text messages, be in ] [ADDED: English and Spanish.] SECTION 3. Section 411.372, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 411.372. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ALERT SYSTEM. With the cooperation of the Texas Department of Transportation, the office of the governor, and other appropriate law enforcement …
Sponsors
- Christina Morales (D, HD-145) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed
Subjects: TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF, Governor, ALERT SYSTEM, PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF, Aging, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Electronic Information Systems
Common questions
- What is HB150?
- HB150 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 1st Special Session): Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
- What does HB150 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
- What is the status of HB150?
- Introduced as of July 21, 2025. Latest action: Filed (July 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB150?
- Christina Morales (D, HD-145).
- Where is the official record for HB150?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HB00150
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