---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation of electric and nonelectric bicycles."
description: "Relating to the operation of electric and nonelectric bicycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2188"
citation: "Texas HB 2188 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "BICYCLES (S0056)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Frullo", "Larson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e9569e-3242-40f5-8bf6-ecaeb9f7d2d0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2188.xml"
source_hash: "4f946fd4b0e17c8e659dbaf4ad0db27163b1bf72d2f0501dd920b65697e9c685"
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 2188 (86) — Relating to the operation of electric and nonelectric bicycles.

## 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/HB02188I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Taylor — 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 Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/08e9569e-3242-40f5-8bf6-ecaeb9f7d2d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).