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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems."
+description: "Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1631"
+citation: "Texas HB 1631 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNALS (S0439)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Collier", "Hall", "Stickland", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c217929-87de-47b2-92b2-4289f50b77a6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1631.xml"
+source_hash: "d23323c824156bc203bf117f8d1effe8552622779d9ac2736ce0a333cca9033a"
+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 1631 (86) — Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.
+
+## 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/HB01631I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **108–35** (pass) · lower
+- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **109–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Stickland — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Moody — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Point of order overruled
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-07** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-07** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-17** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-17** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c217929-87de-47b2-92b2-4289f50b77a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+