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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway."
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description: "Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 995"
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citation: "Texas SB 995 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "Highways (I0390)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT (S0272)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nichols", "Paul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950fd8ba-5050-483e-b0a2-6ccbe7db206e"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 995.xml"
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source_hash: "f759d6fd4bd5a89dbd0e4f85bb53ed9f841310296bed77286368926e140b0e7c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 995 (89R) — Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00995I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00995E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00995H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00995S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00995F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 995 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **96–39** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **130–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-12** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-18** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-26** Record vote
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- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-26** Record vote
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- **2025-03-26** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950fd8ba-5050-483e-b0a2-6ccbe7db206e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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