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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Senate Transportation Committee hearing
Summary
The committee considered a slate of transportation bills and committee actions; this roundup lists motions and roll-call outcomes recorded in the transcript.
The Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on multiple bills and resolutions. Below are recorded committee motions and roll-call outcomes as reflected in the hearing transcript.
- Committee rules adopted: Motion to adopt committee rules carried (7 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 857 (towing for unlicensed/no-insurance drivers): Reported favorably to the full Senate; committee recommendation to pass (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SCR 25 (pedestrian bridge near Milby High School): Committee substitute adopted; reported favorably to calendar (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 296 (driver safety course dismissal for multiple citations): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays); placed on the local uncontested calendar.
- SB 305 (move-over law adding animal control and parking enforcement employees): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays); placed on the local uncontested calendar.
- SB 35 (limits on design-build projects): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 995 (TxDOT approval of surety bonds rather than comptroller/attorney general): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 1121 (categorical exclusion for fiber-optic projects from archaeological surveys on disturbed rights-of-way): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 1555 (railroad grade separation grant program): Committee substitute adopted; reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 1902 (dealer license plate modification): Reported favorably to the full Senate (9 ayes, 0 nays).
- SB 284 (increased penalties and clarified liability for illegal bandit signs): Committee substitute advanced out of committee (5 ayes, 4 nays).
Notes: The transcript records motions and roll-call votes for the items above. Where a committee substitute was offered and adopted, the substitute language was the basis for the committee’s final motion in the transcript. Several bills were also designated for the local uncontested calendar as recorded by chair motions.
