---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the Commendation Medal."
description: "Relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the Commendation Medal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 659"
citation: "Texas HB 659 (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: ["Cook", "Morales, Eddie", "Parker", "Troxclair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ba87993-9151-4e07-9056-61cd46d980ea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 659.xml"
source_hash: "f0dd2604e0aaedf39fc3f13255b335931ff5e3fc36aa5b042e98a7cc2c2cfc67"
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 659 (88) — Relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the Commendation 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/HB00659I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00659E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00659H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00659S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00659F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — 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`
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** 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 w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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 reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** 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/7ba87993-9151-4e07-9056-61cd46d980ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).