---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1271"
citation: "Texas SB 1271 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUSTIN", "CITY OF (G0324)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0c9f3a-0c9a-4c57-bb34-f359514bc8d2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1271.xml"
source_hash: "2c8a001dc41a6827ed6f5c6f6d50250f47266d31efffdbbe67540f4746af5c2b"
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 1271 (86) — Relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird specialty license plates.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/SB01271I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/1f0c9f3a-0c9a-4c57-bb34-f359514bc8d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).