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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone."
+description: "Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1758"
+citation: "Texas HB 1758 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Governor (I0375)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Krause"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 74
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3954329-7226-4222-9f3e-c127ca1ae173"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1758.xml"
+source_hash: "8985fc6ca9be66a040b616e6ae7a034e70fd206341ea80c854a4806b7d3938c1"
+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 1758 (87) — Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **103–40** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **125–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-30** Record vote
+- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3954329-7226-4222-9f3e-c127ca1ae173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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