By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hagenbuch) H.B. No. 4804

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025; May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 14, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 521.101(h), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(h) The department shall automatically revoke each personal identification certificate issued by the department to a person who:

(1) is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(2) fails to apply to the department for renewal of the personal identification certificate as required by Article 62.060, [or] 62.2021, or 65.058, Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable.

SECTION 2. The heading to Section 521.348, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 521.348. AUTOMATIC REVOCATION FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS AND TERRORISTS.

SECTION 3. Section 521.348(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A driver's license is automatically revoked if the holder of the license:

(1) is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(2) fails to apply to the department for renewal of the license as required by Article 62.060, [or] 62.2021, or 65.058, Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable.

SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Transportation Code are repealed:

(1) Section 521.297(b); and

(2) Section 522.087(b).

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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