---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily lower the speed limit at a highway maintenance activity site."
description: "Relating to the authority of a district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily lower the speed limit at a highway maintenance activity site."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3282"
citation: "Texas HB 3282 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SPEED LIMITS (S0061)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/751c5037-96ab-4178-b1dc-bdd7ce7b57e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3282.xml"
source_hash: "5590db7e9ffd1782da8b716bf3f8b0bf79f9b9a2bd85f0fc0ea6b7f0dd742181"
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 3282 (87) — Relating to the authority of a district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily lower the speed limit at a highway maintenance activity site.

## 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/HB03282I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03282E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03282H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03282S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03282F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **145–2** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-11** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-24** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-24** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-24** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-24** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-24** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-28** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate 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`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/751c5037-96ab-4178-b1dc-bdd7ce7b57e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).