---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sourcing, marketing, and sale of certain license plates."
description: "Relating to the sourcing, marketing, and sale of certain license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 702"
citation: "Texas SB 702 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Caroline", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2db5db4-48c1-4e3e-bd60-16ab95e67749"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 702.xml"
source_hash: "c9cb793a0599acbb25d1e9fb189f84211557b64e345224dd001a4d2029b69eaf"
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 702 (88) — Relating to the sourcing, marketing, and sale of certain license plates.

## 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/SB00702I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00702E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00702H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00702S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00702F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/e2db5db4-48c1-4e3e-bd60-16ab95e67749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).