HB 1414

bill makes driving while license invalid a Class C misdemeanor

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Default punishment drops to Class C.

This bill changes the default punishment for driving while your license is invalid so that it is a Class C misdemeanor, and it repeals one of the subsections that set a higher punishment. It touches drivers caught on a suspended or invalid license, plus the police, prosecutors and courts who handle those cases. Most of these cases become fine-only Class C cases, the offense comes off a separate list of lower-level offenses tied to the citation rules in Article 14.06(c), and two higher-penalty subsections, (f-1) and (f-2), remain for offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 769 (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 769 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee on Apr 3, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1414 · 2024-11-19

SOLD BY

Rep. Alma A. AllenDHouse 131

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.

WHAT IT DOES

Default punishment drops to Class C.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 19, 2024Filed
Mar 11, 2025Read first time
Mar 11, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Mar 25, 2025Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Apr 3, 2025Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
Apr 3, 2025Considered by s/c in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
Apr 3, 2025Left pending in subcommittee

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Alma A. Allen

Donors

Texas Sands PAC$4K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$2K Better Days Chiropractic Clinic$1K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Nov 1, 2024 to Aug 14, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$1,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash: $1,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 29, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic$1,000.00

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$1,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash: $1,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 29, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$1,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 769

by Rep. Allen, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 4, 2023: Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 19, 2024

04/03/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Rhetta Andrews BowersDHouse 113

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses

Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road

Text

The text as introduced · 359 words

89R4270 RDR-F

By: Allen
H.B. No. 1414

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license

invalid.

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

SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended to read as follows:

(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with

committing an offense under:

(1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the

offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that

section;

(1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the

offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that

section;

(2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is

punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section;

(3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is

punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section;

(4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is

punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section;

(5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is

punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section;

(5-a) Section 37.10, Penal Code, if the offense is for

tampering with a temporary tag issued under Chapter 502 or 503,

Transportation Code; or

(6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is

punishable as a Class B misdemeanor [ ; or

[ (7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code ].

SECTION 2. Section 521.457(e), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(e) Except as provided by Subsections [ (f), ] (f-1)[ , ] and

(f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

SECTION 3. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

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