---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2141"
citation: "Texas SB 2141 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gámez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1221139e-ddcd-4624-be0c-f785e2e96e38"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2141.xml"
source_hash: "8936ffd004c962c4c57b6e914fb6caf3826e642405a62b31158b14a23323f7de"
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 2141 (89R) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.

## 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/SB02141I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02141E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02141H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02141S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02141F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **101–33** (pass) · lower
- passage — **92–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gámez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-06** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-15** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** 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/1221139e-ddcd-4624-be0c-f785e2e96e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).