--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers." description: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "89R" identifier: "HB 3815" citation: "Texas HB 3815 (89R)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "U.S. ARMY (VG5FW)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Orr", "Schwertner"] version_count: 5 action_count: 51 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2025-03-05" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cb56f7-ec78-42c7-8706-ebaa35895d75" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3815.xml" source_hash: "e707f5fbe2a6c108fa4cc126bbf5ae0e50d8fdd720d6fff6d8baefe279cc3cd5" 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 3815 (89R) — Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers. ## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03815I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03815E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03815H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03815S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03815F.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **122–6** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bumgarner — primary (person) - Orr — primary (person) - Schwertner — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-05** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-03-26** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee` - **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . . - **2025-04-22** Considered by s/c in public hearing - **2025-04-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee - **2025-04-22** Left pending in subcommittee - **2025-04-30** Recalled from subcommittee - **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing - **2025-04-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed - **2025-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar - **2025-05-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars - **2025-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar - **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment - **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-05-10** Passed `passage` - **2025-05-10** Record vote - **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed - **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction` - **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-05-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee` - **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing - **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee - **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee - **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar - **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed - **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar - **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt` - **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2` - **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended - **2025-05-28** Record vote - **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-05-28** Passed `passage` - **2025-05-28** Record vote - **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage` - **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage` - **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage` - **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5cb56f7-ec78-42c7-8706-ebaa35895d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).