SB2312

The committee is attached administratively to the Texas Military Department and chaired by the adjutant general or designee. Six members are appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker; three seats belong to the adjutant general, public safety director and emergency-management chief or their designees. Appointments were required by October 1, 2025. Members receive no compensation for committee service but may receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses. Meetings must occur at least every three months. Final law, 438.101–.107 and section 2.

Required work includes a tabletop invasion exercise with the Texas National Guard; an audit of critical procurements vulnerable to disruption; a prescription-drug supply-chain investigation with the health agencies; and an infrastructure threat assessment addressing risks such as cyberattack and sabotage. Initial reports to the governor were due October 1, 2026. The drug review includes quality and supply risks, alternative sourcing and the feasibility and cost of a strategic drug supply. These are investigation duties, not findings that particular drugs are unsafe or an order to build a stockpile. For the tabletop exercise, electric and gas utilities need not disclose their infrastructure’s specific locations. Final law, 438.202–.205.

The committee may retain outside advisers, conduct hearings and investigations, and investigate additional matters by majority vote. It may subpoena relevant witnesses or records. If a person does not comply, enforcement goes through the attorney general to a district court, which must find good cause before ordering compliance. The act does not itself impose a new purchasing ban or declare a war. Final law, 438.201 and .206–.207.

Meetings are exempt from the Open Meetings Act. Information provided to or produced by the committee is generally confidential and kept by the governor’s office. The governor may disclose information without waiving future confidentiality claims under the specified rule. A separate annual public narrative-and-summary report is required, but release needs a committee majority vote and cannot include information posing a state or national security risk. The four initial governor reports should not be confused with that public summary. Final law, 438.106 and .208–.209; Ordinary open-meetings rule; Ordinary voluntary-disclosure rule; Public-information availability rule.

The committee and chapter expire September 1, 2029. Changes during passage: The Senate substitute clarified the drug-supply-chain investigation and company coverage, added the utility-location protection, and extended confidentiality to information provided to the committee as well as produced by it. Adopted House amendment 1 attached the committee to the Military Department, changed its chair, moved the initial report deadlines from May 29 to October 1, 2026, and moved the appointment deadline from October 31 to October 1, 2025. House amendment 2 proposed a separate retaliatory-tariff and trade-war study; it was tabled and is not an enacted requirement. Introduced; Senate substitute; Senate-passed; House committee; Adopted amendment; Tabled amendment; Amendment index; Dispositions; Version index; Final law.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

The intended benefit is earlier identification of supply and security vulnerabilities. Agencies, businesses and other record-holders may face investigation or subpoena demands, while confidentiality can protect sensitive information at the cost of public visibility. The law creates a planning and advisory structure, not a guarantee of readiness or evidence that the required work has been completed. Final law.

The May 2 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local fiscal implication and assumes costs can be absorbed within existing resources. It nevertheless records the Military Department’s estimate that it would need three full-time-equivalent positions. “No significant fiscal implication” is therefore not a statement that the work requires no staff or resources. The act itself makes no appropriation. Fiscal note.