republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2731.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2731"
citation: "Texas HB 2731 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BORDER (S0045)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Highways (I0390)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Muñoz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb78fcee-4c3a-49a3-90d9-de1f3ec88737"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2731.xml"
source_hash: "5fa956c8553bdbb5cac1d7564232c2a287d25e1673b06a1cdd530294f81d66b5"
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 2731 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties.

## 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/HB02731I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02731E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02731H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02731S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02731F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **81–49** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2731 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **99–38** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Muñoz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-21** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-21** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-30** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/fb78fcee-4c3a-49a3-90d9-de1f3ec88737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).