---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors."
description: "Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "Texas HB 2012 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "County Government--Roads (I0099)", "Health--General (I0385)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton", "Holt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4bdfc12-f5fa-4289-a4d6-03995e068b62"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2012.xml"
source_hash: "f20be1b15ddcb5c239d11d927b09fbeec623851befbe3c303a4c9bd6cd900067"
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 2012 (89R) — Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02012I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02012E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02012H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02012S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02012F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **96–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **104–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Holt — primary (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4bdfc12-f5fa-4289-a4d6-03995e068b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).