---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of 173rd Airborne Brigade specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to the issuance of 173rd Airborne Brigade specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1656"
citation: "Texas HB 1656 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Kacal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/663e61f5-d1e2-4102-917a-04359a316eb7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1656.xml"
source_hash: "b67293e3dd42844a2f0d5f035ba149df1a64bad3ed94f57e0cb49c3496c403dd"
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 1656 (86) — Relating to the issuance of 173rd Airborne Brigade specialty license plates.

## 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/HB01656I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Kacal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** 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/663e61f5-d1e2-4102-917a-04359a316eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).