---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate."
description: "Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Texas HB 653 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morales", "Neave", "Ramos", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c95877c-cffd-47b0-bf54-78542cff9f3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 653.xml"
source_hash: "2c4291c366e29d2ebd6b49a7e134a72a7e3bca267e77409cc827896ecbdc1f07"
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 653 (86) — Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.

## 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/HB00653I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Morales — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-28** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2019-05-20** 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/2c95877c-cffd-47b0-bf54-78542cff9f3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).