By: Landgraf (Senate Sponsor - Sparks) H.B. No. 64          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2023;   May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized   emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 546.002(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the   movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other   traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer   described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), (12), (17)(B), and (22),   Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *