Texas / State / 89th Legislature, 2025 Regular Session

SB 1818 (Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., ch. 857) Added a 180-day provisional licence for military applicants, colliding with HB 5629 in section 55.0041

Needs reviewEnactedScope changed

Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Requires a provisional licence of up to 180 days for a military applicant while an agency processes the application.

Requires a provisional licence of up to 180 days while an agency processes a military application under Occupations Code 55.004. Its new 55.0041(b-1) shares a subsection number with the (b-1) HB 5629 added in the same session and refers to the (b)(3) confirmation HB 5629 deleted, so the code prints two (b-1)s and one of them has a dangling cross-reference. Flagged until the legislature reconciles them.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Filed in the Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Veteran Affairs, then House Licensing and Administrative Procedures
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • HancockSponsor, Senate
  • McQueeneySponsor, House
  • BlancoCo-sponsor, Senate
  • WestCo-sponsor, Senate
  • BuckleyCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • Tex. Occ. Code § 55.004
  • Tex. Occ. Code § 55.0041

Catalog entry

Official record

Read SB 1818 (Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., ch. 857) on the jurisdiction's own record