---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to specialty license plates and parking placards for vehicles of certain disabled veterans."
description: "Relating to specialty license plates and parking placards for vehicles of certain disabled veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "Texas SB 792 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PARKING (S0448)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Cortez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2233d5-19dc-4603-b583-26dfb00a9d72"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 792.xml"
source_hash: "8030de28de435adec4c9943cffb0be942cd24a741691427cb7c5a46b07522e3a"
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 792 (87) — Relating to specialty license plates and parking placards for vehicles of certain disabled veterans.

## 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/SB00792I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00792E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00792H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00792S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00792F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a2233d5-19dc-4603-b583-26dfb00a9d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).