HB 2041
AN ACT relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Expands the list of vehicles that drivers must slow down and move over for when they are stationary on the roadway. The expanded list includes tow trucks, highway maintenance vehicles, utility service vehicles, solid waste transport vehicles, toll project vehicles, animal control vehicles, and vehicles used for issuing parking citations. By adding these vehicles, the law aims to increase safety for workers and emergency personnel who are stopped on or near highways and roadways.
Bill Text
relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is (a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: (1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and (2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized (3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a highway maintenance or construction vehicle operated pursuant to a contract awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications (4) a service vehicle used by or for a utility, as defined by Section 203.091, and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications adopted under Section (5) a stationary vehicle used exclusively to transport municipal solid waste, as defined by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code, or recyclable material, as defined by Section 361.421, Health and Safety Code, while being operated in connection with the removal or transportation of municipal solid waste or recyclable material from a location adjacent to the highway; [and] (6) a vehicle operated by or pursuant to a contract with a toll project entity, as defined by Section 372.001, using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications (7) a vehicle operated by an animal control officer, as defined by Section 829.001, Health and Safety Code, for the purpose of removing an animal or animal carcass from a roadway, or an individual authorized to dispose of a carcass of an animal under Section 361.117, Health and Safety Code, for the purpose of removing an animal carcass from a roadway, and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications adopted under (8) a vehicle operated by an employee of a local authority for the purpose of issuing a parking citation and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Robert D. Miller
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Michael J. Johnson
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
W. Corbin Casteel
Matthew Bentley
Allison Billodeau
Daniel Hodge
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a
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