---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities."
description: "Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5624"
citation: "Texas HB 5624 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Isaac", "Metcalf", "Orr", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c49468-2fdf-4ef3-85ec-a119d462debf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5624.xml"
source_hash: "2afabd7f6a595748e885f53ce617f94a1f47fb30aafac12ff9384be6839f6666"
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 5624 (89R) — Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

## 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/HB05624I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05624E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05624H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05624S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05624F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **115–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **113–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Isaac — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** 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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/54c49468-2fdf-4ef3-85ec-a119d462debf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).