---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway."
description: "Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2048"
citation: "Texas HB 2048 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES (S1090)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Powell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc0e63b2-ef93-44a5-a0a0-a7250c23c54f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2048.xml"
source_hash: "4a531a0238f1514004428dff948d2a1482b180e14defe5a474dde3e7edff08bf"
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 2048 (87) — Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.

## 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/HB02048I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02048E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02048H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02048S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02048F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Krause — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-31** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/cc0e63b2-ef93-44a5-a0a0-a7250c23c54f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).