---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2503"
citation: "Texas HB 2503 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Lujan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa03a8d-254c-4bca-9906-e106a8c515e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2503.xml"
source_hash: "b583ab73a96fcd577dc739347b4091f761f8b3f645d25b3f425c4302e06c7625"
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 2503 (88) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02503I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffa03a8d-254c-4bca-9906-e106a8c515e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).