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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 898"
+citation: "Texas HB 898 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frazier", "Harless", "Lujan", "Parker", "Spiller", "Stucky"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-12-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/470724ce-bb07-4144-9ded-c5ece52cb12f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 898.xml"
+source_hash: "d2eda2480d906b37d6ddd5edb25c46a8dabcd23d1f5ac9c988d48c36fada656d"
+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 898 (88) — Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00898I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frazier — primary (person)
+- Harless — primary (person)
+- Lujan — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Spiller — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** 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
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-25** Record vote
+- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-25** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-26** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** 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/470724ce-bb07-4144-9ded-c5ece52cb12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+