---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Texas HB 511 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-11"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3305e693-a1d6-42e7-b520-8fa51bc32a0b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 511.xml"
source_hash: "f91ce16a2113d3ae4965bb5726d5501680ce033b0b084237983788748785c58c"
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 511 (86) — Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties.

## 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/HB00511I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **129–12** (pass) · lower
- other — **129–12** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **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
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent 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`
- **2019-06-07** 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/3305e693-a1d6-42e7-b520-8fa51bc32a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).