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HB630 • 2025

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Vasut
Last action
2025-05-28
Official status
05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

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. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  7. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  8. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  10. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  12. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  13. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  15. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  16. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  25. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  26. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  27. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  28. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  29. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  31. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  32. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#552

  33. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  37. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  38. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  39. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  40. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  41. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  42. 2025-03-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-03-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  46. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  47. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  48. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  49. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  50. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  51. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  52. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism

  53. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 630 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 630

AN ACT

relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

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

SECTION 1. Section 31.055, Parks and Wildlife Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 31.055. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply

to
:

(1)
vessels with a valid marine document issued by the

United States Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center or

a federal agency that is a successor to the National Vessel

Documentation Center
; or

(2) an outboard motor that:

(A) is at least 40 years of age; and

(B)

has a capacity of not more than 25

horsepower
.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 630 was passed by the House on April

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 3, 3 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 630 was passed by the Senate on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor