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HB4134 • 2025

Relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Lujan
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 a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  7. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  8. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  28. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#731

  31. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  34. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#626

  37. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-04-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  42. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  43. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  44. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  45. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  47. 2025-04-07 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 Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

  50. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4134 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 4134

AN ACT

relating to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments

for motor vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 348, Finance Code, is

amended by adding Section 348.416 to read as follows:

Sec.

348.416.

CONVENIENCE FEE FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC

PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED. (a) In this section, "electronic payment"

means a payment made by credit card, debit card, electronic funds

transfer, electronic check, or other electronic method.

(b)

A holder of a retail installment contract or the

holder's agent may collect a fee for processing a retail buyer's

electronic payment under the contract only if:

(1)

the fee is reasonably related to the expense

incurred by the holder or holder's agent in processing the

electronic payment;

(2)

the fee does not exceed the lesser of $10 or five

percent of the amount of the payment; and

(3) the holder or holder's agent:

(A)

allows the buyer to make a payment by a method

other than an electronic payment that does not incur a fee;

(B)

does not establish electronic payment as the

expected form of payment; and

(C)

informs the buyer of the following before the

buyer agrees to make an electronic payment:

(i)

the amount of the fee to be charged

under this section;

(ii)

that the buyer may make a payment by an

alternative method that does not incur a fee, including by check,

cash, or money order; and

(iii)

that the holder or holder's agent may

not establish electronic payment as the expected form of payment.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4134 was passed by the House on April

29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4134 was passed by the Senate on May

27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor