Bill Commons

TX HB 647

enacted

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

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 647 pass?

Yes. TX HB 647 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 647 about?

TX HB 647 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 647?

Hagenbuch, Holt, Leo Wilson and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 647, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Holtprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Pattersonprimary
  • Florescosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  25. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  26. 2025-05-23

    Co-sponsor authorized

  27. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

  28. 2025-05-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  29. 2025-05-14

    Committee report printed and distributed

  30. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-04-14

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-04-10

    Received from the House

    introduction

  37. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-04-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-04-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  44. 2025-04-09

    Passed to engrossment

  45. 2025-04-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  46. 2025-04-09

    Placed on General State Calendar

  47. 2025-04-01

    Considered in Calendars

  48. 2025-03-24

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  49. 2025-03-24

    Committee report distributed

  50. 2025-03-24

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  51. 2025-03-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2025-03-19

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  53. 2025-03-19

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-12

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-03-12

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  56. 2025-03-12

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  57. 2025-03-12

    Considered in public hearing

  58. 2025-03-04

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  59. 2025-03-04

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  60. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-09 · pass · 146-1

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Canales: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Toth: absent
    • Cortez: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-10 · pass · 145-1

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Canales: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • K: absent
    • Troxclai: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 647 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 115-23

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Orr: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Canales: absent

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