---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the suspension of a person's driver's license or extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the suspension of a person's driver's license or extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "Texas HB 842 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-01"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce450c0d-b05c-4254-8e23-669299277110"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 842.xml"
source_hash: "19ee2f87257a8a4ea02cbbf49f79726d03d7b7434ab825096c1ec9a8e7b08f15"
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 842 (88) — Relating to prohibiting the suspension of a person's driver's license or extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions; authorizing a fee.

## 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/HB00842I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00842E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00842H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00842S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00842F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-02** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/ce450c0d-b05c-4254-8e23-669299277110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).