---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of the Texas Highway Patrol."
description: "Relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of the Texas Highway Patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2222"
citation: "Texas SB 2222 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAY PATROL", "TEXAS (V0187)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Huffman", "Kacal", "Nelson", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-04-20"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a32a4e3d-d084-4669-aee7-81de7410fbdf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2222.xml"
source_hash: "203a8a3aabae2cfb27d1573825cb8713ffdb6dd96fc5a4af6a14e5cce3c621a4"
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 2222 (87) — Relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of the Texas Highway Patrol.

## 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/SB02222I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02222E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02222H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02222S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02222F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Harless — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Kacal — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-21** Permission to introduce
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/a32a4e3d-d084-4669-aee7-81de7410fbdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).