---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway."
description: "Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Texas SB 305 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c78ac4-12eb-4d1a-95df-ed25460506aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 305.xml"
source_hash: "ed5fb00b2c3cc34d04475d4d461e8ffc3a828faace22e4a7379481c4ff239ae6"
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 305 (89R) — Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.

## 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/SB00305I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00305E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00305H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00305S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00305F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** 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`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** 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/60c78ac4-12eb-4d1a-95df-ed25460506aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).