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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations."
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description: "Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations."
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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 53"
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citation: "Texas HB 53 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Eckhardt", "Shine", "Thompson, Ed"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eae75ee-3172-42b3-a657-0ca492c63bc9"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 53.xml"
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source_hash: "1ec2e57ad7014088a6ccaf393e8ab1e2d946513cbf15f538ad6fa566b44be9a4"
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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 53 (88) — Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations.
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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/HB00053I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00053E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00053H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00053S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00053F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 53 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — primary (person)
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- Shine — primary (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-13** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-14** Record vote
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- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-23** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** 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/6eae75ee-3172-42b3-a657-0ca492c63bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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