---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles, including the enforcement of motor vehicle size and weight limitations; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles, including the enforcement of motor vehicle size and weight limitations; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2620"
citation: "Texas HB 2620 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT (S0272)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Martinez", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dcc9948-270e-44d1-b7f4-206487195edb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2620.xml"
source_hash: "075d2a85416d18426c7a89aa66ab5235e501c15b6c7024fb5b13d9930b28d1ec"
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 2620 (86) — Relating to the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles, including the enforcement of motor vehicle size and weight limitations; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/HB02620I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–13** (pass) · lower
- other — **100–38** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/4dcc9948-270e-44d1-b7f4-206487195edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).