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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal."
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description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2503"
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citation: "Texas HB 2503 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Lujan"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa03a8d-254c-4bca-9906-e106a8c515e8"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2503.xml"
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source_hash: "b583ab73a96fcd577dc739347b4091f761f8b3f645d25b3f425c4302e06c7625"
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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 HB 2503 (88) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02503F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Lujan — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-05** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-21** Record vote
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- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/ffa03a8d-254c-4bca-9906-e106a8c515e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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