HB1557 • 2025

Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Moody | Wharton | Plesa
Last action: 2025-05-12
Official status: 05/12/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

What This Bill Does

Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

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Bill History

2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Transportation
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2014
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Amended. 1-Moody
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment as amended
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1932
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Recalled from subcommittee
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Considered by s/c in public hearing
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in subcommittee
2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker
2024-12-10 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1557 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Moody, Wharton, Plesa

H.B. No. 1557

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll

project entities.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 372.053(a), (a-1), and (a-2),

Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) A toll project entity
shall
[
may
] establish a discount

program for electronic toll collection customers.

(a-1) A program established under Subsection (a)
:

(1)
must include free [
or discounted
] use of the

entity's toll project by an electronic toll collection customer

whose account relates to a vehicle registered under Section

[
504.202 or
] 504.315(f) or (g)
; and

(2)

may include free or discounted use of the entity's

toll project by other electronic toll collection customers,

including customers whose account relates to a vehicle registered

under Section 504.202
.

(a-2) A toll project entity may limit to no more than two the

number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's

waiver program for which free [
or discounted
] use of the entity's

toll project is provided under Subsection (a-1). A toll project

entity that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a

participant to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration

of hardship by the participant, as determined by the entity.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.