---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Texas SB 636 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calanni", "Kolkhorst", "Longoria", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02396ef-e584-4f6e-a353-d21e9e0e3ee0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 636.xml"
source_hash: "42d6ed719d265eaf5fc87364ea84093c64e15f5b373b2fe3a55faf2edf8ef9d6"
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 SB 636 (86) — Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

## 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/SB00636I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calanni — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Postponed
- **2019-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** House passage reported
- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** 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/e02396ef-e584-4f6e-a353-d21e9e0e3ee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).