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SB2017 • 2025

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bettencourt
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
05/22/2025 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  2. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

  3. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  4. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Bettencourt

  13. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  14. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  16. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  20. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  21. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  24. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  25. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  26. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  27. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  28. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  32. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  33. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  34. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 2017 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Bettencourt

S.B. No. 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor

vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle

to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,

is amended by adding Section 545.4015 to read as follows:

Sec.

545.4015.

OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER CERTAIN

CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSING TIRE TO SPIN, LOSE TRACTION, OR LEAVE SURFACE

OF ROADWAY; OFFENSE. (a)

An operator of a stationary motor

vehicle may not intentionally break traction to spin a tire of the

vehicle by pressing the accelerator and increasing the engine

speed.

(b)

An operator of a motor vehicle may not intentionally

accelerate the vehicle in a manner that causes any tire of the

vehicle to:

(1) lose traction; or

(2) leave the surface of the highway.

(c)

A person who violates this section commits an offense.

An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.