---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees."
description: "Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1548"
citation: "Texas HB 1548 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Roads (I0066)", "County Government--Roads (I0099)", "Highways (I0390)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b89416e-e635-458c-9998-edbe9ea37287"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1548.xml"
source_hash: "41ce9f8c1b6252149b7def1a4a08ff78ca315ab53dddfa8b276f2b77f6526516"
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 1548 (86) — Relating to the operation of golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and off-highway vehicles; authorizing fees.

## 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/HB01548I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** 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`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b89416e-e635-458c-9998-edbe9ea37287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).