---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1227"
citation: "Texas SB 1227 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Lopez, Ray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef77447-22a6-46b7-ae53-ace792eb0396"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1227.xml"
source_hash: "1948175ca35b13ff5265b320acf18872a81b586238841e7d1a48eea21df309c1"
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 SB 1227 (89R) — Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

## 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/SB01227I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01227E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01227H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01227S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01227F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-29** Subcommittee meeting cancelled
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-05-07** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** 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/6ef77447-22a6-46b7-ae53-ace792eb0396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).