---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the movement of pedestrians in front of, under, between, or through rail cars at a railroad grade crossing."
description: "Relating to the movement of pedestrians in front of, under, between, or through rail cars at a railroad grade crossing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2775"
citation: "Texas HB 2775 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Krause"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be9e584-747b-4f4b-aed6-9ed83747d701"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2775.xml"
source_hash: "06e2f4f21cda5344e6b5b2b6205b6644104bffcd7f911ce8fd5eaa2ceb7c3c02"
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 2775 (86) — Relating to the movement of pedestrians in front of, under, between, or through rail cars at a railroad grade crossing.

## 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/HB02775I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–22** (pass) · lower
- passage — **126–7** (pass) · lower
- other — **121–22** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** 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
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-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`
- **2019-06-14** Filed without the Governor's 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/8be9e584-747b-4f4b-aed6-9ed83747d701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).