---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle."
description: "Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3374"
citation: "Texas HB 3374 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RENTAL CARS (S0361)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos", "Pacheco", "Patterson", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a80657-3d38-40b6-bc89-0a67fef49644"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3374.xml"
source_hash: "061a4d5fd4b72b3fd0b8d870e58f34585a9b74baa13af6aa489968173466da32"
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 3374 (87) — Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle.

## 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/HB03374I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03374E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03374H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03374S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03374F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/28a80657-3d38-40b6-bc89-0a67fef49644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).