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CS/CS/SB 44: Motor Vehicles

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Transportation ; Rodriguez

Motor Vehicles; Reclassifying the offense of driving, moving, or causing to be moved a vehicle or equipment with certain lighting on a highway as a third degree felony; prohibiting a person from knowingly using a license plate obscuring device; prohibiting the purchase, possession, manufacture, sale, offering for sale, or distribution of a license plate obscuring device, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/23/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 253 -SJ 489
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Transportation (TR)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/20/2024 Senate • Filed
    1/15/2025 Senate • Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Rules
    2/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/4/2025 Senate • CS by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    • Introduced
    3/6/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Criminal Justice
    3/10/2025 Senate • CS by Transportation read 1st time
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    4/1/2025 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    • Now in Rules
    4/3/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/8/2025 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
    4/9/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
    4/10/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
    4/15/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 421
    4/16/2025 Senate • Retained on Calendar
    4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
    4/23/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 489
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 253 -SJ 489
    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 253 -SJ 489

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  • CS/CS/SB 44, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2025 at 8:21 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 253 (er) Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions. Page 1 (pdf)
    320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty. Page 2 (pdf)
    320.262 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 44, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/6/2025 at 9:04 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 253 (c2) Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    852894 - Amendment
    Delete lines 83 - 93 and insert:     		Rules
    (Rodriguez)     		4/7/2025
    12:05 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/8/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/1/2025 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 24 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions. Page 1 (pdf)
    320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty. Page 2 (pdf)
    320.262 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 44, Original Filed Version Posted 11/20/2024 at 4:01 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Transportation (Pre-Meeting) 3/3/2025 (pdf)
    Transportation (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 253 Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles Criminal Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    817170 - Amendment
    Delete lines 40 - 51 and insert:     		Transportation
    (Rodriguez)     		3/3/2025
    2:26 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/5/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/4/2025 4:00 PM Transportation 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions. Page 1 (pdf)
    320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty. Page 2 (pdf)

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