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Bill Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus. Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 SB 445 Texas SB 445 (87)
bill
Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)
Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)
SCHOOL BUSES & SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS (S1346)
Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)
enacted
Canales
Hughes
5 57 0 2021-01-26 2021-06-14 openstates ocd-bill/fd6ca2b3-6ece-4ffa-90ba-f51910f73d4a ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 445.xml 8b7f81b7b2941c43b93b73dc61f0c9d51a71674ef7cbf4848ecdc27c1c19cbb1 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 445 (87) — Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Canales — primary (person)
  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-26 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2021-01-26 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-09 Referred to Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-03-24 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-24 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-03-24 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-04-08 Co-author authorized
  • 2021-04-09 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-04-09 Laid before the Senate
  • 2021-04-09 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  • 2021-04-09 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-09 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-04-09 Record vote
  • 2021-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-09 Passed passage
  • 2021-04-09 Record vote
  • 2021-04-09 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-04-12 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2021-04-14 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-04-14 Referred to Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-05-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-04 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-05-04 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-05-11 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-11 Vote reconsidered in committee
  • 2021-05-11 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-05-11 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-05-11 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-11 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-05-11 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-05-11 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2021-05-11 Laid out in lieu of companion
  • 2021-05-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-11 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-11 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-11 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-11 Record vote
  • 2021-05-11 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-11 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-14 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2021-05-18 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2021-05-18 House passage as amended reported
  • 2021-05-28 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2021-05-28 Read
  • 2021-05-28 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2021-05-28 Record vote
  • 2021-05-28 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2021-05-28 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-30 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-31 Signed in the House
  • 2021-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-14 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd6ca2b3-6ece-4ffa-90ba-f51910f73d4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).