---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district."
description: "Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2245"
citation: "Texas SB 2245 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Paxton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/499a0bc4-0bcd-4c99-9b84-3542d1ae79d0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2245.xml"
source_hash: "e7e875f3aff49659225eac7e435a044246cee1c99998eb7b6983c43ea1f14f7b"
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 SB 2245 (86) — Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.

## 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/SB02245I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/499a0bc4-0bcd-4c99-9b84-3542d1ae79d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).