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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the operation of and equipment for vehicles."
+description: "Relating to the operation of and equipment for vehicles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2837"
+citation: "Texas HB 2837 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hinojosa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-01"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4e0ed2-797a-4e06-aac1-91e1bd21e5db"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2837.xml"
+source_hash: "97b6e93ea2acbb9913a31302329d390c16c4088d80286b02108f84431730d8e2"
+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 2837 (86) — Relating to the operation of and equipment for vehicles.
+
+## 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/HB02837I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** 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
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4e0ed2-797a-4e06-aac1-91e1bd21e5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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