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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate."
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description: "Relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate."
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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 656"
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citation: "Texas SB 656 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/545be878-b6ab-4dc4-9849-aefdf6ab6aaa"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 656.xml"
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source_hash: "14d571c9f558d0bd24981e2eb904ae469a8bed44c72d4a8b0048951163f30bcb"
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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 656 (88) — Relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate.
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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/SB00656I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00656E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00656H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00656S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00656F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **132–10** (pass) · lower
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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 CSSB 656 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-27** Filed `filing`
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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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- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-21** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-21** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-21** Record vote
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- **2023-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-21** Record vote
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- **2023-03-21** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-10** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Record vote
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- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-23** 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/545be878-b6ab-4dc4-9849-aefdf6ab6aaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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