---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the period of certain driver's license suspensions."
description: "Relating to the period of certain driver's license suspensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Texas HB 162 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--DWI & DUID (I0863)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8db3fe-4ee6-4125-8996-63ecddfa21b5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 162.xml"
source_hash: "f1b14a3e6a9df58f0dbadbe54732acfd8e3cd83e4ad68fa9531f46f50e25f189"
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 HB 162 (86) — Relating to the period of certain driver's license suspensions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00162I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea8db3fe-4ee6-4125-8996-63ecddfa21b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).