HB 4225

veteran toll discounts follow the account holder’s plate eligibility

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 military toll discount programs.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Eligibility for certain veteran plates is enough.

The bill changes who qualifies for free or discounted rides on toll roads under existing military toll discount programs, so eligibility turns on whether the toll account holder is eligible for certain veteran license plates rather than whether the vehicle actually carries those plates. It touches those eligible veterans, toll road operators, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The DMV must keep a list of people it knows are eligible and give each toll operator with a discount program the information needed to sign them up, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 10, 2025 and referred to the House Transportation subcommittee on Transportation Funding. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4225 · 2025-03-10

SOLD BY

Rep. Mark DorazioRHouse 122

ITEM

relating to military toll discount programs.

WHAT IT DOES

Eligibility for certain veteran plates is enough.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 10, 2025Filed
Mar 31, 2025Read first time
Mar 31, 2025Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Mark Dorazio

Donors

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$381K Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$211K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$160K

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 24, 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 Conservative Majority PAC$381,050.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$381,050.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $281,050.00
Total: $381,050.00

canvassing $239,000.00advertising $25,000.00polling $17,050.00

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 · Aug 14, 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: 101069938, 101072345.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$211,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$211,000.00

Cash: $205,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $211,000.00

polling $6,000.00

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 25, 2025 to Oct 6, 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: 101007777, 101036063, 101041570, 101069938, 101072345.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$160,036.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$160,036.00

Cash: $125,000.00
Paid by others: $35,036.00
Total: $160,036.00

mail $35,036.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Sep 24, 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: 101007777, 101036063, 101041570, 101061158, 101069938.

Money

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

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$381,050.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $281,050.00
Total: $381,050.00

canvassing $239,000.00advertising $25,000.00polling $17,050.00

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 · Aug 14, 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: 101069938, 101072345.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$211,000.00

Cash: $205,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $211,000.00

polling $6,000.00

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 25, 2025 to Oct 6, 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: 101007777, 101036063, 101041570, 101069938, 101072345.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$160,036.00

Cash: $125,000.00
Paid by others: $35,036.00
Total: $160,036.00

mail $35,036.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Sep 24, 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: 101007777, 101036063, 101041570, 101061158, 101069938.

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 Mar 10, 2025

03/31/2025 H Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker: Mar 31 2025 4:34PM

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 · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Highways

Military & Veterans

TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES

MOTOR VEHICLES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 177 words

89R11765 JAM-D

By: Dorazio
H.B. No. 4225

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to military toll discount programs.

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

SECTION 1. Section 372.053, Transportation Code, is amended

by amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (c) to read as

follows:

(a-1) A program established under Subsection (a) must

include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by a

vehicle associated with an account of an electronic toll collection

customer who is eligible to be issued license plates [ whose account

relates to a vehicle registered ] under Section 504.202 or

504.315(f) or (g).

(c) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall:

(1) maintain a list of individuals known to that

department to be eligible to participate in a toll project entity's

discount program under Subsection (a-1); and

(2) provide to each toll project entity with a

discount program the information necessary for a customer described

by Subsection (a-1) to participate in that entity's discount

program.

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