---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to the financial responsibility verification program by justice and municipal courts."
description: "Relating to access to the financial responsibility verification program by justice and municipal courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1693"
citation: "Texas HB 1693 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Courts--Municipal (I0100)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Insurance/Financial Responsibility (I0850)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Miles", "Murphy", "Paul", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e815d20-73c6-4be2-8d55-50d95ba28221"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1693.xml"
source_hash: "5924123a0c4eb5dd173f4234b72c1f221debbe3d282cb4809cdf691879b6189b"
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 1693 (87) — Relating to access to the financial responsibility verification program by justice and municipal courts.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01693I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01693E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01693H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01693S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01693F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harless — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/1e815d20-73c6-4be2-8d55-50d95ba28221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).