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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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description: "Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 1495"
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citation: "Texas SB 1495 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Rose", "Sanford", "Turner, John"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-03-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1495.xml"
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source_hash: "9bd741d1062f76e42758be04dda4fd993ffe99e4e26296c7d62046851f700036"
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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 1495 (87) — Relating to certain criminal offenses related to highways and motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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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/87R/billtext/html/SB01495I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01495F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **136–11** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Meyer — primary (person)
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- Minjarez — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Sanford — primary (person)
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- Turner, John — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-30** Read
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- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/f06d8e33-8468-4493-b14d-a218142e762d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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