---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal punishment and conditions of community supervision for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the criminal punishment and conditions of community supervision for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Texas HB 9 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Campbell", "Harless", "Klick", "Price", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6fb842-1792-44e0-9674-8d7dbdc259d6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 9.xml"
source_hash: "2cb6eff29b2bc48ace2779fe4b72d6db526608e19f2d1517985961554dd17cfe"
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 9 (87) — Relating to the criminal punishment and conditions of community supervision for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB00009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00009F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **84–60** (pass) · lower
- passage — **90–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-29** 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`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-27** Recommitted to committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** 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/cd6fb842-1792-44e0-9674-8d7dbdc259d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).