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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that a person has a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication."
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description: "Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that a person has a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 976"
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citation: "Texas SB 976 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Martinez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e25426ef-83b4-4805-81b3-9b6418f98137"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 976.xml"
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source_hash: "6f3d8b4f1ad8acf0f8941d2d98ac8082df2005fc1570f91aa197c0c8a9f04f91"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 976 (86) — Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that a person has a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00976I.HTM)
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-11** Record vote
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- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Record vote
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- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-12** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
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- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e25426ef-83b4-4805-81b3-9b6418f98137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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