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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Bill HB 1995 creates a voluntary vehicle registration indicator for drivers transporting individuals with disabilities
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' AffairsSponsor: Hernandez
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What This Bill Proposed
Vehicle owners registering a vehicle in Texas may voluntarily indicate on their application that they transport a person with a disability, prompting a confidential alert in law enforcement systems during a traffic stop. The measure prohibits issuing license plates with visible public markings indicating disability transport without the person's consent and restricts data sharing.
Changes how law enforcement databases communicate vehicle registration information during traffic stops by adding a confidential notification flag for drivers transporting individuals with disabilities, affecting database confidentiality rules and vehicle registration application forms.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Vehicle owners
Vehicle owners have the option to voluntarily provide disability transport information on registration applications and are protected from receiving unsolicited visible license plate markings.
Persons with disabilities
Individuals with physical, intellectual, behavioral, or cognitive impairments, autism, or health conditions impacting communication are represented through registration indicators designed to alert peace officers.
Peace officers
Peace officers receive alerts through the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System during traffic stops regarding potential passengers with disabilities.
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
The department must update vehicle registration applications to collect voluntary indicators, securely transfer data, and maintain information confidentiality.
Department of Public Safety
The department must establish an alert system within the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and enforce contractor confidentiality clauses.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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