---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to methods to enhance the enforcement of the collection of the use tax due on certain off-highway vehicles purchased outside this state; providing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to methods to enhance the enforcement of the collection of the use tax due on certain off-highway vehicles purchased outside this state; providing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Texas HB 1543 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--General (I0815)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "MOTORCYCLES (S0782)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Flynn", "Frank", "Paddie", "Schaefer", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e41e3c7-2643-4571-b6e3-b51e1477af6d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1543.xml"
source_hash: "52adcbc1f07e55a4bfcddd6f930d82a4a57139595f49ec889855c67fb315faec"
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 1543 (86) — Relating to methods to enhance the enforcement of the collection of the use tax due on certain off-highway vehicles purchased outside this state; providing a civil penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01543I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–14** (pass) · lower
- passage — **126–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Flynn — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e41e3c7-2643-4571-b6e3-b51e1477af6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).