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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Texas SB 616 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "BORDER (S0045)", "MOTORCYCLES (S0782)", "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS & PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (S1276)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "TEXAS PRIVATE SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (S0897)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE (U0232)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD (V1191)", "PRIVATE SECURITY BOARD", "TEXAS (V0597)", "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION (V8707)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Paddie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 97
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2476c774-2839-4729-aa6a-1b5bc28b0e50"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 616.xml"
source_hash: "26429f86371fdf2ba7e3792d2afbcf1fbc4dcb3250dddd59b82ce868180e93fc"
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 616 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00616I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2476c774-2839-4729-aa6a-1b5bc28b0e50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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