---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border."
description: "Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2155"
citation: "Texas HB 2155 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "BORDER (S0045)", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Guillen", "Lucio", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Raymond"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0876df-95fd-47ad-a0bb-8b7876ec9060"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2155.xml"
source_hash: "fba48954619c6ce0f69fd2ca0684cfee370457ec1e5a0b92b80b365d1d524d87"
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 2155 (86) — Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border.

## 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/HB02155I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–35** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **95–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- other — **107–35** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guerra — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** 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
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-15** 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/7c0876df-95fd-47ad-a0bb-8b7876ec9060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).