Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties.
HB 2731 amends Texas law to regulate roadside vendors and solicitors in unincorporated areas of counties bordering Mexico with populations exceeding 870,000. The bill permits counties to set rules for vendors and solicitors on public highways with speed limits of 40 mph or higher, requiring vendors to stay at least half the highway right-of-way width from the edge. It explicitly prohibits counties from banning the sale of livestock while allowing regulation of activities like live animal sales and solicitation. The law takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 18, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, adding official signatures and certification of passage votes while removing draft formatting markers. The substantive policy language regarding roadside vendor regulations remained unchanged, with no modifications to eligibility, thresholds, or requirements.
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Removed draft formatting artifacts (e.g., 'AAMu•oz', line numbers, bracketed placeholder text like '[1.3 million]') and replaced them with clean enrolled text.
Added official enrolled version header, signature lines for legislative officers, and certification statements confirming passage votes in the House and Senate.
Removed placeholder text and draft annotations that were present in the engrossed version but are not part of the final enacted law.
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 15, 2025
How they voted
27–3
Passed
Total votes 30
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
56
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Amendments
6
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 30, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 30, 2025
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 30, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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