republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-523.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address."
description: "Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "Texas SB 523 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5824820-c839-4a30-bf7a-2759ef7905e1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 523.xml"
source_hash: "711a16ec07e262a5dfa4251205c2b91931d25a14f468a1e5b6f1312cfaf363ba"
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 523 (89R) — Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

## 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/SB00523I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00523E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00523H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00523S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00523F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 523 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-20** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 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/b5824820-c839-4a30-bf7a-2759ef7905e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).