The new population-and-adjacency bracket reaches only the few mid-size counties next to the state's largest county, not counties statewide. The caption's word "certain counties" does disclose that the bill is narrow, so confidence stays moderate.
Over 600,000 people, next to a county of four million-plus. Very “certain counties.”
The bill lets one more kind of county regulate roadside and parking-lot vendors and people asking for money. It adds counties with more than 600,000 people that sit next to a county with more than four million people, alongside the counties over 1.3 million already listed. In those counties, the commissioners court can pass orders controlling food, merchandise and live-animal sales, vendor structures, and solicitation on roads, rights-of-way and parking lots outside city limits.
relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking
lot vendors and solicitors.
WHAT IT DOES
Over 600,000 people, next to a county of four million-plus. Very “certain counties.”
The bill lets one more kind of county regulate roadside and parking-lot vendors and people asking for money. It adds counties with more than 600,000 people that sit next to a county with more than four million people, alongside the counties over 1.3 million already listed. In those counties, the commissioners court can pass orders controlling food, merchandise and live-animal sales, vendor structures, and solicitation on roads, rights-of-way and parking lots outside city limits.
The new population-and-adjacency bracket reaches only the few mid-size counties next to the state's largest county, not counties statewide. The caption's word "certain counties" does disclose that the bill is narrow, so confidence stays moderate.
TOTAL
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 2012 (Creighton) Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 2012 (Creighton) Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to third reading. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
HB 2012 (Creighton) Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks (29-2) "Nays" Hughes, Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 5 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Business & Commerce--General
County Government--General
County Government--Roads
Health--General
Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road
Text
The text as introduced · 182 words
89R6321 DNC-D
By: Bell of Montgomery
H.B. No. 2012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking
lot vendors and solicitors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 285.001(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of
a county with a population of more than 1.3 million and a county
with a population of more than 600,000 that is adjacent to a county
with a population of more than four million by order may regulate
the following in the unincorporated area of the county if they occur
on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a public highway
or road, or in a parking lot:
(1) the sale of items by a vendor of food or
merchandise, including live animals;
(2) the erection, maintenance, or placement of a
structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live
animals; and
(3) the solicitation of money.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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