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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the operation of and lighting equipment for medical examiner vehicles and vehicles operated by justices of the peace in certain circumstances."
+description: "Relating to the operation of and lighting equipment for medical examiner vehicles and vehicles operated by justices of the peace in certain circumstances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2616"
+citation: "Texas HB 2616 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)", "LIGHTING (S0126)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LaMantia", "Vasut"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/175f051f-1a02-490c-8b29-a28ab68e116d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2616.xml"
+source_hash: "7246ad69f29f9fcec309fbee968fa85d0f7aab4c924ca2619d0c03287be20922"
+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 2616 (88) — Relating to the operation of and lighting equipment for medical examiner vehicles and vehicles operated by justices of the peace in certain circumstances.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02616I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02616E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02616H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02616S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02616F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LaMantia — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-05** Record vote
+- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/175f051f-1a02-490c-8b29-a28ab68e116d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+