---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Texas SB 323 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "WALLER COUNTY (GS26C)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Kitzman", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2a9422-393f-4dd2-892c-0e30ae0bbab8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 323.xml"
source_hash: "0e3716e8e761e40c012512a357c978c389d4c3bb4cb7d9153743a3dbeb98b240"
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 323 (88) — Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties.

## 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/SB00323I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00323E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00323H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00323S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00323F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Kitzman — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** 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/1e2a9422-393f-4dd2-892c-0e30ae0bbab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).