---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exclusion of certain car haulers from the definition of tow truck for purposes of certain laws regulating motor vehicle towing."
description: "Relating to the exclusion of certain car haulers from the definition of tow truck for purposes of certain laws regulating motor vehicle towing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 860"
citation: "Texas SB 860 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOW COMPANIES & TOWING OF VEHICLES (S0621)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Johnson", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b3b2b95-caa2-45a0-8c4e-3442bd7b25cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 860.xml"
source_hash: "1f7b8cc2ddef4f491de69c37d8de469c9626bb176442f7e7842de76e0c159585"
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 860 (87) — Relating to the exclusion of certain car haulers from the definition of tow truck for purposes of certain laws regulating motor vehicle towing.

## 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/SB00860I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00860E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00860H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00860S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00860F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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 Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** 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/8b3b2b95-caa2-45a0-8c4e-3442bd7b25cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).