---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1631"
citation: "Texas HB 1631 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNALS (S0439)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Collier", "Hall", "Stickland", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c217929-87de-47b2-92b2-4289f50b77a6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1631.xml"
source_hash: "d23323c824156bc203bf117f8d1effe8552622779d9ac2736ce0a333cca9033a"
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 1631 (86) — Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.

## 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/HB01631I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **108–35** (pass) · lower
- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
- passage — **109–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Stickland — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Point of order overruled
- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-07** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-07** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c217929-87de-47b2-92b2-4289f50b77a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).