---
title: Vehicles & Traffic--General - Texas Legislation
subject: Vehicles & Traffic--General
total_bills: 19
unique_authors: 15
critical_bills: 6
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vehicles-traffic-general"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Vehicles & Traffic--General

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 19
- **Unique Authors:** 15
- **Critical Compliance:** 6 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 12

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 10 bills
- **Senate:** 9 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 6 bills
- **Moderate:** 6 bills
- **Low:** 7 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Robert Nichols** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Brent Hagenbuch** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Cole Hefner** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Jay Dean** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Jose Menendez** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Keith Bell** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Pat Curry** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Vehicles & Traffic](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vehicles-traffic) (19 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation) (5 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation-other-trades-professions) (5 shared bills)
- [MOTOR VEHICLES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/motor-vehicles-texas-department-of) (4 shared bills)
- [Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vehicles-traffic-vehicle-registration) (4 shared bills)
- [TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/transportation-texas-department-of) (3 shared bills)
- [Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vehicles-traffic-rules-of-road) (3 shared bills)
- [MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/motor-vehicle-dealers) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Motor Vehicles](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-motor-vehicles) - 7 bills
- [Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 4 bills
- [County Tax Assessor-Collectors](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-tax-assessor-collectors) - 4 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 3 bills
- [Texas Department of Public Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-public-safety) - 2 bills
- [Local Law Enforcement Agencies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/local-law-enforcement-agencies) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulation o... | Critical | High |
| [HB4804](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4804-89th-regular) | Relating to the revocation of a driver's l... | Critical | Low |
| [HB5436](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5436-89th-regular) | Relating to an exception to the titling re... | Critical | Low |
| [HB5624](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5624-89th-regular) | Relating to the liability of a motorized o... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1902](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1902-89th-regular) | Relating to the administration of the deal... | Critical | Low |
| [SB2807](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2807-89th-regular) | Relating to motor vehicles, including auto... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB546](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb546-89th-regular) | Relating to seat belts on buses that trans... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB2029](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2029-89th-regular) | Relating to vehicle safety inspection... | Candy Noble (R) | Low |
| [HB2217](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2217-89th-regular) | Relating to establishing a grant prog... | Trey Wharton (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2440](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2440-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a state ... | Pat Curry (R) | Low |
| [HB2522](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2522-89th-regular) | Relating to fingerprinting requiremen... | Jay Dean (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3928](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3928-89th-regular) | Relating to providing notice of a veh... | Senfronia Thompson (D) | Moderate |
| [HB4226](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4226-89th-regular) | Relating to exemptions from the taxes... | Penny Morales Shaw (D) | Moderate |
| [HB4690](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4690-89th-regular) | Relating to motor fuel measuring, qua... | Stan Gerdes (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4804](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4804-89th-regular) | Relating to the revocation of a drive... | Cole Hefner (R) | Critical |
| [HB5436](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5436-89th-regular) | Relating to an exception to the titli... | Keith Bell (R) | Critical |
| [HB5624](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5624-89th-regular) | Relating to the liability of a motori... | Brad Buckley (R) | Critical |
| [SB1364](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1364-89th-regular) | Relating to the repeal of wheelbase a... | Robert Nichols (R) | Low |
| [SB1902](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1902-89th-regular) | Relating to the administration of the... | Robert Nichols (R) | Critical |
| [SB2007](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2007-89th-regular) | Relating to the voluntary disclosure ... | Brent Hagenbuch (R) | Low |
| [SB2064](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2064-89th-regular) | Relating to an exemption from certain... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB2807](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2807-89th-regular) | Relating to motor vehicles, including... | Brent Hagenbuch (R) | Critical |
| [SB296](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb296-89th-regular) | Relating to driving safety or motorcy... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB546](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb546-89th-regular) | Relating to seat belts on buses that ... | Jose Menendez (D) | Moderate |
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulat... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |
| [SB995](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb995-89th-regular) | Relating to the approval of a surety ... | Robert Nichols (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vehicles-traffic-general)
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