---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; eliminating program surcharges; authorizing and increasing criminal fines; increasing a fee."
description: "Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; eliminating program surcharges; authorizing and increasing criminal fines; increasing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2048"
citation: "Texas HB 2048 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--DWI & DUID (I0863)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Davis, Sarah", "Howard", "Huffman", "Krause", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19f76663-e489-4e23-a5cc-00f316f46120"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2048.xml"
source_hash: "3c2e9dddcb591512ec757844cececf6cdce953a21e224b8cc87956b264a53090"
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 2048 (86) — Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; eliminating program surcharges; authorizing and increasing criminal fines; increasing a fee.

## 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/HB02048I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19f76663-e489-4e23-a5cc-00f316f46120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).