republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1123.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of Family First specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to the issuance of Family First specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1123"
citation: "Texas SB 1123 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Family--General (I0354)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd7b0d69-8358-47e0-8a1e-a07fc9bcea33"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1123.xml"
source_hash: "3f71ce30df4ee6f4e1756873605015b31cbd51cd37161265917409ac25f5df9f"
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 1123 (87) — Relating to the issuance of Family First specialty license plates.

## 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/SB01123I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01123E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01123H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01123S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01123F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **134–2** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krause — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** 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/bd7b0d69-8358-47e0-8a1e-a07fc9bcea33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).