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HB3928 • 2025

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Thompson
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  18. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  19. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  20. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  21. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  23. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  24. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  27. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  28. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1296

  31. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1190

  37. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  41. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  44. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  45. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  47. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  48. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  49. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

  50. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3928 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3928

AN ACT

relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage

facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2303.152, Occupations Code, is amended

by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to

read as follows:

(a) Notice to the registered owner and the primary

lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be

provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in

the county in which the vehicle is stored
or on a publicly available

Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party

if:

(1) the vehicle is registered in another state;

(2) the operator of the storage facility submits to

the governmental entity responsible for maintaining the motor

vehicle title and registration database for the state in which the

vehicle is registered a request for information relating to the

identity of the registered owner and any lienholder of record that

is either:

(A) written; or

(B) electronic, through the governmental

entity's secure access portal;

(3) the identity of the registered owner cannot be

determined;

(4) the registration does not contain an address for

the registered owner; or

(5) the operator of the storage facility cannot

reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder.

(e) Notice to the registered owner and the primary

lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be

provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in

the county in which the vehicle is stored
or on a publicly available

Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party

if:

(1) the vehicle does not display a license plate or a

vehicle inspection certificate indicating the state of

registration;

(2) the identity of the registered owner cannot

reasonably be determined by the operator of the storage facility;

or

(3) the operator of the storage facility cannot

reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder.

(f)

The department shall include on the department's

Internet website a link to any Internet website maintained by a

department-approved third party where notice may be provided under

Subsection (a) or (e).

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3928 was passed by the House on May 2,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3928 was passed by the Senate on May

26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor