republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-647.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Texas HB 647 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EYECARE & VISION (S0053)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagenbuch", "Holt", "Leo Wilson", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c83ee3-0470-40fd-880d-9412678663f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 647.xml"
source_hash: "bb361c72f4142e82f6bfdf5fe2df8a089c6c7967ce025a2d9fabf50b10031dc0"
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 647 (89R) — Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00647I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00647E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00647H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00647S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00647F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 647 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **115–23** (pass) · upper
- passage — **115–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Holt — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c83ee3-0470-40fd-880d-9412678663f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).