---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited."
description: "Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 771"
citation: "Texas HB 771 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Roads (I0066)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Highways (I0390)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS & CROSSING ZONES (S0164)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TELEPHONES & TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (S5657)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59c0f84-1673-40cc-8fac-d21ebd35130b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 771.xml"
source_hash: "fccbe901c00a62a07ac88bf80a7dd1e4b25af851b2be6aa25ea5168844103207"
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 771 (86) — Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited.

## 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/HB00771I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **132–4** (fail) · upper
- passage — **132–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** 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
- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-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/f59c0f84-1673-40cc-8fac-d21ebd35130b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).