---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Army Special Forces."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Army Special Forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1936"
citation: "Texas HB 1936 (87)"
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: ["Bucy", "Burns", "Price", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c6086d-e1fa-4749-b397-7cf081f173ba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1936.xml"
source_hash: "6df355bb5e707656cdfb62aa0a5b31ff1a41385af016b2c09675585d1452a734"
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 1936 (87) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Army Special Forces.

## 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/HB01936I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01936E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01936H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01936S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01936F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c6086d-e1fa-4749-b397-7cf081f173ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).