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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Texas HB 911 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Buckley", "Ellzey", "Morales, Eddie", "Patterson", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-28"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85288501-792b-4cea-bb63-38d35bc80db9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 911.xml"
source_hash: "3e4a99d480a042eba0d452320abff3269157a71b18bd973defe35bc6f441751c"
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 HB 911 (87) — Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00911I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00911E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00911H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00911S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00911F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Ellzey — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85288501-792b-4cea-bb63-38d35bc80db9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).