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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited."
+description: "Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 771"
+citation: "Texas HB 771 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Roads (I0066)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Highways (I0390)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS & CROSSING ZONES (S0164)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TELEPHONES & TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (S5657)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-11"
+last_action: "2019-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59c0f84-1673-40cc-8fac-d21ebd35130b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 771.xml"
+source_hash: "fccbe901c00a62a07ac88bf80a7dd1e4b25af851b2be6aa25ea5168844103207"
+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 771 (86) — Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited.
+
+## 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/HB00771I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **132–4** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **132–4** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** 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`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-11** 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** Passed to engrossment
+- **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`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-15** 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/f59c0f84-1673-40cc-8fac-d21ebd35130b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+