---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration."
description: "Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2152"
citation: "Texas HB 2152 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Holland", "Meyer", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ce1a8fb-48cb-4274-b17b-84f95a2cb21d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2152.xml"
source_hash: "2844a9cc839934f8d2dc15140b593b47fe7716606d70e733cbd3e97d49fc7a8f"
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 2152 (87) — Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02152I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02152E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02152H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02152S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02152F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-31** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ce1a8fb-48cb-4274-b17b-84f95a2cb21d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).