---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for certain damage caused by vehicles exceeding maximum height limitations; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to liability for certain damage caused by vehicles exceeding maximum height limitations; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 799"
citation: "Texas HB 799 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "BRIDGES & CAUSEWAYS (S0277)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Craddick", "Darby", "Landgraf", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31d887c9-4c16-4d8d-8b03-b07274beae6a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 799.xml"
source_hash: "0ceed4f67fce7fcdfd900745121db667b0d6dd9b68dd906ea5ccf95d8a9c5234"
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 799 (86) — Relating to liability for certain damage caused by vehicles exceeding maximum height limitations; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/HB00799I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Craddick — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/31d887c9-4c16-4d8d-8b03-b07274beae6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).