---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal."
description: "Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Texas SB 296 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Courts--Municipal (I0100)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Education--Driver Education & Training (I0219)", "MOTORCYCLES (S0782)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e966a8b9-b45d-403c-9f6a-24b93a8a1173"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 296.xml"
source_hash: "8a563c4c570f2489b9422b25620ed08521b486e2c786bbd0db37a306ce28ed2a"
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 296 (89R) — Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal.

## 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/SB00296I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00296E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00296H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00296S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00296F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** 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`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-28** 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/e966a8b9-b45d-403c-9f6a-24b93a8a1173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).