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SB1493 • 2025

Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Parker
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

Limits and Unknowns

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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. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  7. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  8. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  9. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3115

  15. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  18. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  19. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  20. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from schedule

  23. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  24. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  25. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  26. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  28. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  29. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  30. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  31. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  32. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  36. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  37. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  38. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  40. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  42. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  43. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  44. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  46. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  47. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  48. 2025-02-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  49. 2025-02-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1493 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1493

AN ACT

relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. Section 547.323, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g)

For purposes of Section 547.3215, a high-mounted

stoplamp is considered to comply with the current federal standards

in 49 C.F.R. Section 571.108 if the stoplamp varies in intensity

four or fewer times but never deactivates when the vehicle brakes

for not more than two seconds.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1493 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. 1493 passed the House on

May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor