Monitoring the Session

SB 1013

driveways where sidewalks cross become crosswalks

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Sarah EckhardtDSenate 14

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

Caption

relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Pedestrians on the sidewalk get crosswalk status at driveways.

The bill expands the Texas legal definition of a crosswalk to include the part of a driveway where a sidewalk running alongside a road crosses it. It touches pedestrians and drivers entering or leaving driveways across sidewalks. On the ground, those driveway crossings would get the same crosswalk treatment under traffic law that marked and intersection crosswalks already get.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 8, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Transportation committee 7-4, no floor vote.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1013 · 2025-01-30

SOLD BY

Sen. Sarah EckhardtDSenate 14

ITEM

relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

WHAT IT DOES

Pedestrians on the sidewalk get crosswalk status at driveways.

The bill expands the Texas legal definition of a crosswalk to include the part of a driveway where a sidewalk running alongside a road crosses it. It touches pedestrians and drivers entering or leaving driveways across sidewalks. On the ground, those driveway crossings would get the same crosswalk treatment under traffic law that marked and intersection crosswalks already get.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Criminal Justice
  5. Rereferred to committee
  6. Referred to Transportation
  7. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Vote taken in committee
  10. Reported favorably w/o amendments
  11. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  12. Committee report printed and distributed
  13. Placed on intent calendar
  14. Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  15. Removed from local & uncontested calendar
  16. Not again placed on intent calendar
  17. Placed on intent calendar
  18. Not again placed on intent calendar
  19. Placed on intent calendar
  20. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  21. Record vote
  22. Read 2nd time
  23. Amendment(s) offered FA1 Eckhardt
  24. Amended
  25. Vote recorded in Journal
  26. Passed to engrossment as amended
  27. Record vote
  28. Three day rule suspended
  29. Record vote
  30. Read 3rd time
  31. Passed
  32. Record vote
  33. Reported engrossed
  34. Received from the Senate
  35. Read first time
  36. Referred to Transportation
  37. Considered in formal meeting
  38. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  39. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  40. Committee report distributed
  41. Committee report sent to Calendars
  42. Considered in Calendars
  43. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

Senate · 25 yea · 6 nay

Sources

Senate: Final passage · May 8, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Sarah Eckhardt

Donors

Donald Henley$117,500Dale Linebarger$38,769Stephen McNally$24,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Donald Henley$117,500.00
Dale Linebarger$38,769.25
Stephen McNally$24,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Votes4

Senate May 8, 2025

Yea
25
Nay
6
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 25 (published)
  • Nay: 6 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 8, 2025

Yea
25
Nay
6
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Eckhardt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1013 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 25 (published)
  • Nay: 6 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 8, 2025

Yea
25
Nay
6
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

SB 1013 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 25 (published)
  • Nay: 6 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 8, 2025

Yea
25
Nay
6
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Eckhardt moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 1013 at this time on its second reading: SB 1013, Relating to the definition of a crosswalk. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 25 (published)
  • Nay: 6 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses4
For
3
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • BikeTexas1 registration
  • Farm & City1 registration
  • Vision Zero Texas1 registration

On

  • Texas Department of Public Safety1 registration
Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Jan 30, 2025

05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Sponsors
Terry CanalesDHouse 40

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 7 aye, 4 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--General

Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road

Text

The text as introduced · 203 words

89R4733 AND-F

By: Eckhardt
S.B. No. 1013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

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

SECTION 1. Section 541.302(2), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(2) "Crosswalk" means:

(A) the portion of a roadway, including an

intersection, designated as a pedestrian crossing by surface

markings, including lines; [ or ]

(B) the portion of a roadway at an intersection

that is within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks

on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the

absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway ; or

(C) where sidewalks run parallel to a roadway and

are interrupted by a driveway, the portion of the driveway that is

within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on

opposite sides of the driveway .

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.