Gross limit of 69,000 pounds or the axle formula, whichever is greater.
The bill rewrites the weight rules for ready-mixed concrete trucks on Texas public highways. It keeps the 46,000-pound tandem axle limit and the 23,000-pound single axle limit, applies the tandem limit to any group of axles within nine feet, and adds a gross weight limit set at 69,000 pounds or the state's standard axle formula, whichever is greater. It also bars these trucks from exceeding their tires' load rating, which affects concrete haulers and the officers who enforce highway weight limits starting immediately or on September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Bob Hall (R) in the Senate. Lead sponsor Terry Canales (D) in the House. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 8, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Transportation committee 11-0, no floor vote.
relating to weight and tire load restrictions for the operation of a
vehicle transporting ready-mixed concrete on a public highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Gross limit of 69,000 pounds or the axle formula, whichever is greater.
The bill rewrites the weight rules for ready-mixed concrete trucks on Texas public highways. It keeps the 46,000-pound tandem axle limit and the 23,000-pound single axle limit, applies the tandem limit to any group of axles within nine feet, and adds a gross weight limit set at 69,000 pounds or the state's standard axle formula, whichever is greater. It also bars these trucks from exceeding their tires' load rating, which affects concrete haulers and the officers who enforce highway weight limits starting immediately or on September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
Sources
Senator Hall moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1394 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
Highways
Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road
CEMENT & CONCRETE
TIRES
VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT
Text
The text as introduced · 236 words
89R8872 GP-D
By: Hall
S.B. No. 1394
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to weight and tire load restrictions for the operation of a
vehicle transporting ready-mixed concrete on a public highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 622.012, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 622.012. [ AXLE ] WEIGHT AND TIRE LOAD RESTRICTIONS.
SECTION 2. Section 622.012(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A ready-mixed concrete truck may be operated on a public
highway of this state only if :
(1) the truck's tandem axle weight , or the weight of a
group of axles that does not exceed nine feet, is not heavier than
46,000 pounds ;
(2) [ and ] the truck's single axle weight is not heavier
than 23,000 pounds ;
(3) the truck's gross weight is not heavier than the
greater of:
(A) 69,000 pounds; or
(B) the truck's maximum allowable weight under
the formula established in Section 621.101; and
(4) the load rating of the truck's tires is not
exceeded .
SECTION 3. 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.
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