---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Gold Star family members and recipients of certain Texas military awards."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Gold Star family members and recipients of certain Texas military awards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Texas HB 282 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hancock", "Johnson, Ann", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2776bce6-f879-4dee-863e-5f7ddd6f674c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 282.xml"
source_hash: "02a78b63f90af1af03f456113016e737bae5b3adbd5afaac511b267142a9110c"
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 282 (88) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Gold Star family members and recipients of certain Texas military awards.

## 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/HB00282I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00282E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00282H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00282S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00282F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/2776bce6-f879-4dee-863e-5f7ddd6f674c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).