Bill Text: TX HB427 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB427 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB427-Introduced.html

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89R1015 CS-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 427

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator
of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.429 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.429. USE OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE BY
PREGNANT OPERATOR. An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant
is entitled to use any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state
regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other
than the operator's unborn child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.