Monitoring the SessionHB 1472
Died in committee
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
relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Highway sign text stays in English.
The bill requires the state's driver's license agency to offer the original and renewal driver's license application, and all related application forms, in Nepali. It also orders the agency to design and give, in every county, a version of the driver's license exam for Nepali speakers who cannot take it in English, with highway sign text kept in English. Starting September 1, 2025, Nepali-speaking applicants could apply and test in Nepali instead of English.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1897 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1897 (Died in committee). 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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 26, 2024 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1472 · 2024-11-26
relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.
Highway sign text stays in English.
The bill requires the state's driver's license agency to offer the original and renewal driver's license application, and all related application forms, in Nepali. It also orders the agency to design and give, in every county, a version of the driver's license exam for Nepali speakers who cannot take it in English, with highway sign text kept in English. Starting September 1, 2025, Nepali-speaking applicants could apply and test in Nepali instead of English.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Nov 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. 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.
$7,000.00
Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on May 26, 2026. 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: 101059960.
$4,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 1, 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.
Report IDs: 100985189, 101032865.
$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 13, 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: 100985189.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$7,000.00
Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on May 26, 2026. 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: 101059960.
$4,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 1, 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.
Report IDs: 100985189, 101032865.
$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 13, 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: 100985189.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Meza, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 7, 2023: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 26, 2024
03/11/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 281 words
89R5174 AND-D By: Meza H.B. No. 1472 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.016 to read as follows: Sec. 521.016. LICENSE APPLICATION AND FORMS IN NEPALI. The department shall provide in Nepali: (1) the application form for an original or renewal driver's license; and (2) all other forms required under Subchapter G for an application for an original or renewal driver's license. SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.1621 to read as follows: Sec. 521.1621. ALTERNATE EXAMINATION IN NEPALI. (a) The department shall design and administer in each county of this state an alternate examination for Nepali-speaking applicants who are unable to take the regular examination in English. (b) The alternate examination must be identical to the examination administered to other applicants under Section 521.161 except that all directions and written material, other than the text of highway signs, must be in Nepali. The text of highway signs must be in English. SECTION 3. Section 521.1621, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for a driver's license submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a driver's license submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.