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SB1227 • 2025

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Flores
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-29

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

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. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  8. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3028

  9. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  10. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  11. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  12. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  13. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  14. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2958

  15. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  18. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  19. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  21. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  23. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  24. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  25. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  26. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  28. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  29. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Subcommittee meeting cancelled

  30. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  31. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker

  32. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  33. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  35. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  40. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  41. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  42. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  43. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  44. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  45. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  46. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  48. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  49. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  51. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  53. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  54. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  55. 2025-02-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  56. 2025-02-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1227 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1227

AN ACT

relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty

license plates.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 504.3015(a) and (b), Transportation

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this

subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter

502 [
and the applicable special plate fee required under this

section
], except that one set of license plates shall be issued

without the payment of the registration fee under:

(1) Section 504.308;

(2) Section 504.310(b);

(3) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and

(q) of that section; and

(4) Section 504.319.

(b)
Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, there

[
The fee for the issuance of one set of specialty license plates

issued under Section 504.315(d) or (g) is $3. There
] is no

additional fee for a specialty license plate issued under [
another

provision of
] this subchapter.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the House on

May 20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor