---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone."
description: "Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1758"
citation: "Texas HB 1758 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Governor (I0375)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Krause"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3954329-7226-4222-9f3e-c127ca1ae173"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1758.xml"
source_hash: "8985fc6ca9be66a040b616e6ae7a034e70fd206341ea80c854a4806b7d3938c1"
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 1758 (87) — Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01758F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **103–40** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **125–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3954329-7226-4222-9f3e-c127ca1ae173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).