---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort."
description: "Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Texas HB 64 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECTOR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0117)", "EMERGENCY VEHICLES (S0303)", "FUNERALS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS (S9813)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Landgraf", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a73cf71-34ea-4e18-889e-2b3feb312839"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 64.xml"
source_hash: "39cd85a327f7a2655515bcec114e7e2ea5ceafba821d6f11fb511c453f16a5fc"
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 64 (88) — Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00064I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00064E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00064H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00064S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00064F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a73cf71-34ea-4e18-889e-2b3feb312839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).