---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices."
description: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2221"
citation: "Texas SB 2221 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raney", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bc8354-8de9-4f5a-a0f5-e211a9ecad3c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2221.xml"
source_hash: "fb7f90753961914b649fde1a51cc7b3dc9a722c3fcb9e8caf4187710767da673"
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 2221 (88) — Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices.

## 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/SB02221I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02221F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raney — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** 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`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8bc8354-8de9-4f5a-a0f5-e211a9ecad3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).