bill limits CDL disqualifications to commercial vehicle violations

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89R9838 SRA-D

By: Holt
H.B. No. 2601

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain disqualifications from operating a commercial

motor vehicle.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 522.081(a) and (b), Transportation

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) This subsection applies only to a violation committed

while operating [ any motor vehicle, including ] a commercial motor

vehicle. A person who holds a commercial driver's license or

commercial learner's permit is disqualified from driving a

commercial motor vehicle for:

(1) 60 days if convicted of:

(A) two serious traffic violations that occur

within a three-year period; or

(B) one violation of a law that regulates the

operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade crossing; or

(2) 120 days if convicted of:

(A) three serious traffic violations arising

from separate incidents occurring within a three-year period; or

(B) two violations of a law that regulates the

operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade crossing that occur

within a three-year period.

(b) This [ Except as provided by this subsection, this ]

subsection applies only to a violation committed while operating

[ any type of motor vehicle, including ] a commercial motor vehicle.

A person who holds a commercial driver's license or commercial

learner's permit is disqualified from driving a commercial motor

vehicle for one year:

(1) if convicted of three violations of a law that

regulates the operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade

crossing that occur within a three-year period;

(2) on first conviction of:

(A) driving a motor vehicle under the influence

of alcohol or a controlled substance, including a violation of

Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code;

(B) leaving the scene of a collision involving a

motor vehicle driven by the person;

(C) using a motor vehicle in the commission of a

felony, other than a felony described by Subsection (d)(2);

(D) causing the death of another person through

the negligent or criminal operation of a motor vehicle; or

(E) driving a commercial motor vehicle while the

person's commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit

is revoked, suspended, or canceled, or while the person is

disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, for an action

or conduct that occurred while operating a commercial motor

vehicle;

(3) for refusing to submit to a test under Chapter 724

to determine the person's alcohol concentration or the presence in

the person's body of a controlled substance or drug while operating

a motor vehicle in a public place; or

(4) if an analysis of the person's blood, breath, or

urine under Chapter 522, 524, or 724 determines that the person:

(A) had an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more,

or that a controlled substance or drug was present in the person's

body, while operating a commercial motor vehicle in a public place;

or

(B) had an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more

while operating a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor

vehicle, in a public place.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.