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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1495"
+citation: "Texas SB 1495 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Rose", "Sanford", "Turner, John"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1495.xml"
+source_hash: "9bd741d1062f76e42758be04dda4fd993ffe99e4e26296c7d62046851f700036"
+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 SB 1495 (87) — Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
+
+## 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/SB01495I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **136–11** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Turner, John — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-30** Read
+- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-31** 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **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/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+