Monitoring the SessionHB 427
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
It works even when no one else is riding in the car.
The bill lets a pregnant driver use any high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas even when no one else is riding in the car. It touches pregnant drivers and the agencies that run and police HOV lanes. Starting September 1, 2025, a pregnant woman driving alone counts as eligible for the carpool lane because of her unborn child.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 521 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 521 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.QUICK READ: 120 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 120 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Transportation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB427 · 2024-11-12
+ 2 more authors, 2 coauthors
relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
It works even when no one else is riding in the car.
The bill lets a pregnant driver use any high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas even when no one else is riding in the car. It touches pregnant drivers and the agencies that run and police HOV lanes. Starting September 1, 2025, a pregnant woman driving alone counts as eligible for the carpool lane because of her unborn child.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033926.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033926.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Cain, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to Transportation
Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/28/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Feb 28 2025 11:02AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee
HB 2462 by Leach (duplicate)
HB 3539 by Harris Davila (duplicate)
Highways
Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road
Women
HOV & EXCLUSIVE LANES
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH
The text as introduced · 120 words
89R1015 CS-D By: Cain H.B. No. 427 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 545.429 to read as follows: Sec. 545.429. USE OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE BY PREGNANT OPERATOR. An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant is entitled to use any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other than the operator's unborn child. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
