Monitoring the Session

HB 2373

bill requiring driver’s licenses on the spot

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Marc LaHoodRHouse 121

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 issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Apply in person, walk out with it.

The bill orders the Department of Public Safety to hand out a new, renewed, corrected, or replacement driver's license on the spot when an eligible person applies in person at a driver's license office. It touches every Texan who walks into a driver's license office and the department that runs those offices. Instead of waiting for a card to arrive later, eligible applicants would leave with their license the same day, starting January 1, 2026.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 3, 2025 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2373 · 2025-02-03

SOLD BY

Rep. Marc LaHoodRHouse 121

ITEM

relating to the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license.

WHAT IT DOES

Apply in person, walk out with it.

The bill orders the Department of Public Safety to hand out a new, renewed, corrected, or replacement driver's license on the spot when an eligible person applies in person at a driver's license office. It touches every Texan who walks into a driver's license office and the department that runs those offices. Instead of waiting for a card to arrive later, eligible applicants would leave with their license the same day, starting January 1, 2026.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Marc LaHood

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$785KTexans for Truth and Liberty PAC$442KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$406K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 23, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$785,000.09

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$785,000.09

Cash
$460,000.00
Paid by others
$325,000.09
Total
$785,000.09
mail $170,572.09media $154,428.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 19, 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: 100982916, 101009926, 101022768, 101036215, 101040233, 101058924, 101069186, 101072224.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$442,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$442,000.00

Cash
$442,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$442,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2025 to Aug 25, 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: 101009926, 101040233, 101069186.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$406,000.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$406,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$306,000.00
Total
$406,000.00
canvassing $231,000.00advertising $75,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069186, 101072224.

Money

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

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$785,000.09

Cash
$460,000.00
Paid by others
$325,000.09
Total
$785,000.09
mail $170,572.09media $154,428.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 19, 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: 100982916, 101009926, 101022768, 101036215, 101040233, 101058924, 101069186, 101072224.

×

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$442,000.00

Cash
$442,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$442,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2025 to Aug 25, 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: 101009926, 101040233, 101069186.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$406,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$306,000.00
Total
$406,000.00
canvassing $231,000.00advertising $75,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069186, 101072224.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

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

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 3, 2025

03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM

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

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 156 words

89R10931 MZM-D

By: LaHood
H.B. No. 2373

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or

duplicate driver's license.

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

SECTION 1. Section 521.002, Transportation Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 521.002. CONVENIENCE TO PUBLIC. (a) The department

shall implement its duties under this chapter in the manner that

provides the greatest convenience to the public.

(b) If a person who is otherwise eligible for the issuance

of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license

under this chapter applies in person at a driver's license office,

the department shall issue the license at the time of application.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 521.002(b),

Transportation Code, as added by this Act, the Department of Public

Safety is not required to comply with that section before January 1,

2026.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.