republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to provision to the Texas Department of Transportation of information regarding certain high-speed rail projects."
description: "Relating to provision to the Texas Department of Transportation of information regarding certain high-speed rail projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2003"
citation: "Texas HB 2003 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Harris Davila", "Kolkhorst", "Metcalf", "Morales, Eddie", "Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e5f752-4025-4d9b-86e0-3395c7611140"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2003.xml"
source_hash: "0710022e2645ad1ef7b4edc00de20e7f8e2321060432d9fc3323efa26299a1fa"
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 HB 2003 (89R) — Relating to provision to the Texas Department of Transportation of information regarding certain high-speed rail projects.

## 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/HB02003I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02003E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02003H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02003S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02003F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2003 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Harris Davila — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Withdrawn from schedule `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-03** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** 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/28e5f752-4025-4d9b-86e0-3395c7611140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).