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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees."
+description: "Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1548"
+citation: "Texas HB 1548 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Roads (I0066)", "County Government--Roads (I0099)", "Highways (I0390)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Springer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b89416e-e635-458c-9998-edbe9ea37287"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1548.xml"
+source_hash: "41ce9f8c1b6252149b7def1a4a08ff78ca315ab53dddfa8b276f2b77f6526516"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1548 (86) — Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01548I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b89416e-e635-458c-9998-edbe9ea37287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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