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HB4916 • 2025

Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Canales
Last action
2025-05-19
Official status
05/19/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Effective date
Not listed

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 the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

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. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  2. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  3. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  4. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  5. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  6. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2893

  7. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2787

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  13. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  15. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  16. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  17. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  19. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  22. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  24. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from schedule

  25. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  27. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 4916 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R16276 AND-F

By: Canales

H.B. No. 4916

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.

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

SECTION 1. Section 501.071, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c)

A dealer issued a title in the dealer's name by this

state or another jurisdiction is not required to make assignment to

the dealer before any subsequent sale, provided that the dealer's

name on the title matches the name on the license issued to the

dealer under Chapter 503.

SECTION 2. 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.