---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states."
description: "Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "SCR 3"
citation: "Texas SCR 3 (873)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "SCHOOL BUSES & SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS (S1346)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Canales", "Harris", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Rogers", "Taylor", "Thompson, Ed", "West", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-22"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/070fa82b-3a80-4eeb-9837-74f01102b5df"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 3.xml"
source_hash: "78458b4b5f41300fab53a2bf26e9328d90b695acbb5fad164b7137227192d9d7"
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 SCR 3 (873) — Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states.

## 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/873/billtext/html/SC00003I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SC00003E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SC00003H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SC00003S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SC00003F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-09-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-30** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-10-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-10-05** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-05** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-10-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-12** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-10-12** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-10-13** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-10-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-10-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-16** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2021-10-17** Laid before the House
- **2021-10-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** House passage reported
- **2021-10-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/070fa82b-3a80-4eeb-9837-74f01102b5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).