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Introduced
Nov 12, 2024
Passed House
Apr 10, 2025
Passed Senate
May 25, 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 20, 2025

HB 647

Texas House Bill

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

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executive • Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25

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May 25, 2024, Senate

Senator Hagenbuch moved that 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. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

May 28, 2024, Senate

HB 647 (115 Yeas, 23 Nays, 1 Present, not voting)

Apr 09, 2025, House

CSHB 647 was passed to engrossment by (Record 103): 146 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 146

NO: 1

Canales

ABSENT: 2

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY41FINAL.HTM

Apr 10, 2025, House

HB 647 was passed by (Record 110): 145 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 145

NO: 1

Canales

ABSENT: 3

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY42FINAL.HTM

May 28, 2025, House

The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 647 prevailed by (Record 3985): 115 Yeas, 23 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 115

ABSENT: 11

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY76FINAL.HTM

Actions

Jun 20, 2025 | executive
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective on 9/1/25
May 31, 2025 | executive
- Sent to the Governor
May 31, 2025 | Senate
- Signed in the Senate
May 30, 2025 | House
- Signed in the House
May 29, 2025 | House
- Reported enrolled
May 28, 2025 | Senate
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
May 28, 2025 | House
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- Record vote RV#3985
- Text of Senate Amendment(s)
May 26, 2025 | House
- Senate passage as amended reported
- Senate Amendments distributed
- Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
May 25, 2025 | Senate
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) offered FA1 Hagenbuch
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
May 23, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
May 20, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
May 16, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on intent calendar
May 14, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 05/14/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
- Reported favorably w/o amendments
- Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 14, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Transportation
Apr 10, 2025 | Senate
- Received from the House
Apr 10, 2025 | House
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#110
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Reported engrossed
Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Read 2nd time
- Passed to engrossment
- Record vote RV#103
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 01, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Reported favorably as substituted
Mar 12, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 03/12/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
Mar 04, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Nov 12, 2024 | House
- Filed

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB647