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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen law enforcement officers."
description: "Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 628"
citation: "Texas HB 628 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gámez", "Harris, Cody", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483698b4-8eb3-4bf0-9e83-5e5ae0c663e0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 628.xml"
source_hash: "0fb87d9079f75f8a4907e9f22abd08ab4f56dbbad8c6e8c029c5361b38ad522f"
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 628 (88) — Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen law enforcement officers.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00628I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00628E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00628H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00628S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00628F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 628 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gámez — primary (person)
- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/483698b4-8eb3-4bf0-9e83-5e5ae0c663e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).