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HB1772 • 2025

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bhojani | Perez, Mary Ann | Little | Canales | Harris Davila
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  4. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  5. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  14. 2025-01-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1772 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R6247 RDR-D

By: Bhojani, Perez of Harris, Little,

H.B. No. 1772

Canales, Harris Davila

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings;

increasing a criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 545.251(f), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(f) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of

not less than $50 or more than $200
, except that the offense is

punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $400 if it is

shown on the trial of the offense that the operator disregarded a

warning given by a flagger under Subsection (a)(2)
.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.