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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel."
description: "Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Texas SB 280 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MARINE LANCE CORPORAL DAVID LEE ESPINOZA ACT (P075W)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Raymond", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-14"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b702b554-b7d8-44e4-86c1-10d4028096e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 280.xml"
source_hash: "cb1045fa47621529e6bd26c6aa351098e59d8422427ff7932eb6785cb0c22d1e"
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 280 (88) — Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
## 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/SB00280I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00280E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00280H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00280S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00280F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1412** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hall — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b702b554-b7d8-44e4-86c1-10d4028096e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).