Bill Text: TX HB3023 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3023

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to license plates issued for and displayed on certain passenger cars and light trucks.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-20 - Referred to Transportation [HB3023 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB3023-Introduced.html

	89R4766 AND-D

	By: Toth	H.B. No. 3023



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to license plates issued for and displayed on certain
	passenger cars and light trucks.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 504.010, Transportation Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
	follows:
	(a) On payment of the prescribed fee, an applicant for motor
	vehicle registration shall be issued a license plate or set of
	plates, provided that the department must issue a set of two plates
	to an applicant for registration of a passenger car or light truck.
	(d) A rule adopted under Subsection (c) must authorize a
	passenger car or light truck to display only a rear license plate if
	the vehicle has a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less.
	SECTION 2. Section 504.943(a), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) A [~~Except as provided by Subsection (b), a~~] person
	commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway,
	during a registration period, a [~~motor~~] vehicle that does not
	display all [~~two~~] license plates required by this chapter or a rule
	adopted under this chapter to be displayed on the vehicle that:
	(1) have been assigned by the department for the
	period; and
	(2) comply with department rules regarding the
	placement of license plates.
	SECTION 3. Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.