---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 898"
citation: "Texas HB 898 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier", "Harless", "Lujan", "Parker", "Spiller", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-07"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/470724ce-bb07-4144-9ded-c5ece52cb12f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 898.xml"
source_hash: "d2eda2480d906b37d6ddd5edb25c46a8dabcd23d1f5ac9c988d48c36fada656d"
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 898 (88) — Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB00898I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00898F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Record vote
- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/470724ce-bb07-4144-9ded-c5ece52cb12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).