---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users."
description: "Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2039"
citation: "Texas SB 2039 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SIGNS (S0235)", "Safety (I0740)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa2cce6-a5c1-4342-b29d-c8c23e4fead8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2039.xml"
source_hash: "32fba043b3bfd92f9214d41daf801779d9ab9678f77cd7d37b88e33bb2133526"
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 2039 (89R) — Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users.

## 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/SB02039I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02039E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02039H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02039S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02039F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **124–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-28** 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/baa2cce6-a5c1-4342-b29d-c8c23e4fead8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).