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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices."
+description: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 2221"
+citation: "Texas SB 2221 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Raney", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bc8354-8de9-4f5a-a0f5-e211a9ecad3c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2221.xml"
+source_hash: "fb7f90753961914b649fde1a51cc7b3dc9a722c3fcb9e8caf4187710767da673"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 2221 (88) — Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **128–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Raney — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-22** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-25** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8bc8354-8de9-4f5a-a0f5-e211a9ecad3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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