---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked vehicles."
description: "Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 914"
citation: "Texas HB 914 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "PARKING (S0448)", "TOW COMPANIES & TOWING OF VEHICLES (S0621)", "VEHICLES FOR HIRE (S0795)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-28"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab7fb6a4-fe40-48e3-bda5-d1576c6d1086"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 914.xml"
source_hash: "e6a434839dbdbbc4bec8001c466c7ec2535ffb52a9313717dfcff7cc3ef46369"
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 914 (87) — Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked vehicles.

## 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/HB00914I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00914E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00914H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00914S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00914F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Record vote
- **2021-04-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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 reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** 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/ab7fb6a4-fe40-48e3-bda5-d1576c6d1086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).