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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the administration of the motorcycle operator training and safety program and requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee."
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description: "Relating to the administration of the motorcycle operator training and safety program and requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee."
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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: "SB 478"
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citation: "Texas SB 478 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "MOTORCYCLES (S0782)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["King, Ken", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9a2ebb-91c2-4fa4-87a0-7a91b027084e"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 478.xml"
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source_hash: "5756b241c3d390d4bcecf5796b92741d3c010c9ac26c32b2eeaf2683074efc73"
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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 SB 478 (88) — Relating to the administration of the motorcycle operator training and safety program and requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.
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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/SB00478I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00478E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00478H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00478S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00478F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- King, Ken — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-07** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-03** Record vote
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- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Record vote
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- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-17** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-29** See remarks for effective date
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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/3c9a2ebb-91c2-4fa4-87a0-7a91b027084e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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