Monitoring the Session

HB 2424

bill drops some driver’s licenses from voter photo ID list

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Richard HayesRHouse 57

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 acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Licenses with a special expiration date no longer count.

This bill changes the list of photo IDs a voter can show at the polls in Texas. It removes from that list any driver's license issued with a special expiration date set under certain sections of the Transportation Code, while keeping state ID cards, election ID certificates, military IDs, citizenship certificates, passports and handgun licenses. Voters who hold only a driver's license with one of those listed expiration terms could no longer use it as voting ID once the law takes effect, either immediately or on September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Elections committee 6-2 on Apr 14, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2424 · 2025-02-04

SOLD BY

Rep. Richard HayesRHouse 57

+ 4 coauthors

ITEM

relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.

WHAT IT DOES

Licenses with a special expiration date no longer count.

This bill changes the list of photo IDs a voter can show at the polls in Texas. It removes from that list any driver's license issued with a special expiration date set under certain sections of the Transportation Code, while keeping state ID cards, election ID certificates, military IDs, citizenship certificates, passports and handgun licenses. Voters who hold only a driver's license with one of those listed expiration terms could no longer use it as voting ID once the law takes effect, either immediately or on September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No 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

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Elections
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Richard Hayes

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$205KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$40KMichael Tenny$20,000

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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$204,650.12

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$204,650.12

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$119,650.12
Total
$204,650.12
mail $104,250.12polling $15,400.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 20, 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: 101010307, 101032268, 101069605, 101071583.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$40,400.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$40,400.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$15,400.00
Total
$40,400.00
polling $15,400.00

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 22, 2026 to Oct 13, 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: 101069605, 101071583.

Michael Tenny$20,000.00
Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$204,650.12

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$119,650.12
Total
$204,650.12
mail $104,250.12polling $15,400.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 20, 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: 101010307, 101032268, 101069605, 101071583.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$40,400.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$15,400.00
Total
$40,400.00
polling $15,400.00

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 22, 2026 to Oct 13, 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: 101069605, 101071583.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses25
For
9
Against
14
On
2
Names

For

  • Disability1 registration
  • Self4 registrations
  • Self; Citizens Defending Freedom2 registrations
  • Self; Election Integrity Committee and Secure Texas Elections Subcommitte of the State Republican Executive Committee, Self1 registration
  • Self; Harris county ballot security1 registration

Against

  • ACLU of Texas1 registration
  • Common Cause Texas1 registration
  • Self10 registrations
  • Self; Texas Freedom Network1 registration
  • Texas Civil Rights Project1 registration

On

  • Texas Department of Public Safety1 registration
  • Texas Secretary of State1 registration
Sources

25 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No 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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 4, 2025

04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

Coauthors
Carrie IsaacRHouse 73 Shelley LutherRHouse 62 David SpillerRHouse 68 Valoree SwansonRHouse 150

House committee · Elections · Committee vote 6 aye, 2 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Elections--Administration

Elections--Registration & Suffrage

Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses

IDENTIFICATION CARDS

Text

The text as introduced · 281 words

89R5084 LRM-D

By: Hayes
H.B. No. 2424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the

purposes of voting.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of

photo identification under this chapter:

(1) a driver's license, not including a driver's

license with an expiration provided by Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3),

or (a-4) or Section 521.2711(c), Transportation Code, an election

identification certificate, or a personal identification card

issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not

expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date

of presentation;

(2) a United States military identification card that

contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that

expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;

(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to

the person that contains the person's photograph;

(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the

person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four

years before the date of presentation; or

(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person

by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that

expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.