---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of F-35 fighter jet specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to the issuance of F-35 fighter jet specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Texas SB 240 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d83803a-5733-4b8d-b189-13e1eb74dee2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 240.xml"
source_hash: "f549eddd6e368b89cdf833ac1ccf396d545eab03b8c0d700ef74a7bcf06d515a"
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 240 (86) — Relating to the issuance of F-35 fighter jet 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/SB00240I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **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`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** 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/3d83803a-5733-4b8d-b189-13e1eb74dee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).