---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus."
description: "Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Texas SB 445 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "SCHOOL BUSES & SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS (S1346)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6ca2b3-6ece-4ffa-90ba-f51910f73d4a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 445.xml"
source_hash: "8b7f81b7b2941c43b93b73dc61f0c9d51a71674ef7cbf4848ecdc27c1c19cbb1"
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 445 (87) — Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus.

## 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/SB00445I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00445E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00445H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00445S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00445F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/fd6ca2b3-6ece-4ffa-90ba-f51910f73d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).