Monitoring the Session

HB 2063

bill creating a wildfire equipment database

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Caroline FairlyRHouse 87

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Texas A&M Forest Service runs it. Fire departments update their own listings.

The bill orders the Texas A&M Forest Service to build and run a real-time statewide database of firefighting equipment that is available for wildfires. It touches fire departments across Texas, including volunteer fire departments and emergency services districts, which can search the database and update their own equipment listings. When a wildfire hits, departments get one searchable place to find the type of equipment nearby and who to call, with the Forest Service helping departments that choose to send in their information.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2063 · 2025-01-24

SOLD BY

Rep. Caroline FairlyRHouse 87 Rep. Ken KingRHouse 88 Rep. John T. SmitheeRHouse 86

ITEM

relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

WHAT IT DOES

Texas A&M Forest Service runs it. Fire departments update their own listings.

The bill orders the Texas A&M Forest Service to build and run a real-time statewide database of firefighting equipment that is available for wildfires. It touches fire departments across Texas, including volunteer fire departments and emergency services districts, which can search the database and update their own equipment listings. When a wildfire hits, departments get one searchable place to find the type of equipment nearby and who to call, with the Forest Service helping departments that choose to send in their information.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · March 28, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in formal meeting
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
  12. Reported favorably as substituted
  13. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  14. Committee report distributed
  15. Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  16. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  17. Transferred to Calendars Committee
  18. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Caroline Fairly

Donors

OccuNet LLC$30KRepublican Party of Texas$16KDixon Gillis$15,626

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

OccuNet LLC$30,280.32

OccuNet LLC

$30,280.32

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$30,280.32
Total
$30,280.32
fundraiser $28,327.40Other filed descriptions $1,952.92

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101032922, 101061983, 101070115, 101072872.

Republican Party of Texas$16,250.00

Republican Party of Texas

$16,250.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$16,250.00
Total
$16,250.00
media $16,250.00

Also funds 12 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101072872.

Dixon Gillis$15,625.63
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

OccuNet LLC

$30,280.32

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$30,280.32
Total
$30,280.32
fundraiser $28,327.40Other filed descriptions $1,952.92

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101032922, 101061983, 101070115, 101072872.

×

Republican Party of Texas

$16,250.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$16,250.00
Total
$16,250.00
media $16,250.00

Also funds 12 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101072872.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses16
For
15
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • City of Houston1 registration
  • City of San Antonio1 registration
  • Electric Transmission Texas, LLC1 registration
  • Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; CI International1 registration
  • Self; SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts1 registration
  • State Firefighters' & Fire Marshals' Association1 registration
  • Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association1 registration
  • Texas 20361 registration
  • Texas Farm Bureau1 registration
  • Texas Forestry Association2 registrations
  • Texas Municipal League1 registration
  • TMPA1 registration

On

  • Texas A&M Forest Service1 registration
Sources

16 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · March 28, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 24, 2025

04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Agriculture & Livestock · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 767 by Sparks (identical)

Subjects

Disaster Preparedness & Relief

Electronic Information Systems

Fire Fighters & Police--General

Fire Fighters & Police--Volunteer

FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION

TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE

Text

The text as introduced · 264 words

2025S0019-1 01/10/25

By: Fairly
H.B. No. 2063

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in

the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows:

(15) "Forest service" means the Texas A&M Forest

Service.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows:

Sec. 418.059. STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING

EQUIPMENT. (a) The forest service shall create and maintain a

comprehensive database that shows in real time the statewide

inventory of firefighting equipment that is available for use in

responding to wildfires.

(b) The database must:

(1) include a description of the type of firefighting

equipment each fire department in the state has available for use in

responding to wildfires;

(2) include contact information for the fire

department that has the equipment;

(3) be searchable by location and equipment type; and

(4) be accessible by all fire departments in the state

and allow each fire department to update the information in the

database regarding the equipment the fire department has available.

(c) The forest service may assist fire departments who

choose to provide equipment information in updating the database

annually or as soon as practicable after any change in the

availability of the department's firefighting equipment.

(d) In this section, "fire department" includes a volunteer

fire department or an emergency services district.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.