---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1495"
citation: "Texas SB 1495 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Rose", "Sanford", "Turner, John"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1495.xml"
source_hash: "9bd741d1062f76e42758be04dda4fd993ffe99e4e26296c7d62046851f700036"
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 SB 1495 (87) — Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; 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/SB01495I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **136–11** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-30** Read
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **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/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).