---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report."
description: "Relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 711"
citation: "Texas SB 711 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "VEHICLE INSPECTIONS (S0352)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Leach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8065075d-69f1-4898-a0da-b5be65348278"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 711.xml"
source_hash: "25aa5971565446aaa45eb21af567ee5a34eb7adbc29fbebecb1e41a6009dc3e3"
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 711 (86) — Relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report.

## 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/SB00711I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **135–12** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-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/8065075d-69f1-4898-a0da-b5be65348278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).