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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an electric vehicle."
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description: "Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an electric vehicle."
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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 505"
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citation: "Texas SB 505 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTRIC VEHICLES (SI3J9)", "Energy--Alternative Fuels (I0314)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "STATE HIGHWAY FUND (S0751)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64dce945-e222-4d39-b5d8-781b329f1425"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 505.xml"
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source_hash: "2db499bca64c46821cb56e8961bfe553ff0a47362d51f742e397418a4416074f"
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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 505 (88) — Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an electric vehicle.
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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/SB00505I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00505E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00505H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00505S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00505F.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 SB 505 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Canales — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-19** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** 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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- **2023-03-07** Co-author authorized
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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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- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-27** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-29** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-29** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-29** Record vote
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- **2023-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Record vote
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- **2023-03-29** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-26** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-26** Record vote
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- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-26** Record vote
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- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-26** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-04-26** Record vote
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- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-01** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-13** 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/64dce945-e222-4d39-b5d8-781b329f1425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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