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HB647 • 2025

Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Patterson | Holt | Leo Wilson
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 the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

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

    Signed by the Governor

  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

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3985

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  12. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Hagenbuch

  17. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  18. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  20. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  24. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  25. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  27. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  28. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  29. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  33. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  35. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  36. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  37. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  38. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#110

  39. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  41. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  42. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  43. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  44. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  45. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#103

  46. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  48. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  49. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  50. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  51. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  53. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  54. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  55. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  56. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  57. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  58. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  59. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  60. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

  61. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 647 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 647

AN ACT

relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's

licenses; authorizing a fee.

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

SECTION 1. Section 521.221, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) The department:

(1)

shall remove a restriction that requires the

license holder to wear corrective lenses for vision and mail to the

license holder a new driver's license that does not include the

restriction if the license holder submits to the department:

(A)

a written statement from a licensed physician

or optometrist verifying that the license holder's vision has been

surgically corrected and the license holder no longer requires

corrective lenses for vision; and

(B) the required fee;

(2)

shall establish a process by which a person may

submit to the department electronically or by mail the form and fee

described by Subdivision (1); and

(3)

may not mail a new driver's license under this

subsection to a person whose driver's license record indicates that

the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter

62, Code of Criminal Procedure.

SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Public Safety is

required to implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates

money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not

appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the agency may,

but is not required to, implement this Act using other

appropriations available for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the House on April

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 647 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 23,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor