HB 4709

specialty plate for Vietnam Dustoff Crews medal recipients

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 the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The plate shows the medal’s name and a picture of it.

The bill orders the state transportation department to issue a specialty license plate for people who received the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal. The plate must show the medal's name and a picture of the medal, and veterans with other specialty plates can add this medal's emblem to their plates. Eligible medal recipients can get the new plate starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 12, 2025 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4709 · 2025-03-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Andy HopperRHouse 64

ITEM

relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal.

WHAT IT DOES

The plate shows the medal’s name and a picture of it.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 12, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker

ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 50%

THE TEXT

“The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal.”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only work is a commemorative plate honoring a medal's recipients. It is a ceremonial tag and nothing more.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Andy Hopper

Donors

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$165K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$111K Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$106K

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 27, 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.

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$165,000.00

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$165,000.00

Cash: $145,000.00
Paid by others: $20,000.00
Total: $165,000.00

digital $20,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 30, 2025 to Jul 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: 101012447, 101031840, 101035276, 101045753, 101059537, 101069128.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$111,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$111,000.00

Cash: $105,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $111,000.00

poll $6,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 18, 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: 101012447, 101031840, 101035276, 101045753, 101072124.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$106,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$106,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $106,000.00

poll $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 Feb 4, 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: 101012447, 101045753.

Money

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

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$165,000.00

Cash: $145,000.00
Paid by others: $20,000.00
Total: $165,000.00

digital $20,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 30, 2025 to Jul 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: 101012447, 101031840, 101035276, 101045753, 101059537, 101069128.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$111,000.00

Cash: $105,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $111,000.00

poll $6,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 18, 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: 101012447, 101031840, 101035276, 101045753, 101072124.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$106,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $106,000.00

poll $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 Feb 4, 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: 101012447, 101045753.

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 12, 2025

04/03/2025 H Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker : Apr 3 2025 12:38PM

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

Military & Veterans

Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration

LICENSE PLATES

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 270 words

89R15409 CXP-D

By: Hopper
H.B. No. 4709

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients

of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal.

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

SECTION 1. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, as

amended by Chapters 385 (H.B. 282), 506 (H.B. 2503), 768 (H.B.

4595), and 1050 (S.B. 280), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection

(h), license plates issued under this section may include, on

request:

(1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or

(2) one emblem from another license plate to which the

person is entitled under Section 504.307, 504.308, 504.309,

504.310(b), 504.311, 504.312, 504.3125, 504.313, 504.3135,

504.314, 504.315, 504.316, 504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320,

504.323, 504.325, 504.327, 504.328, 504.330, 504.331, 504.332,

504.333, 504.334, [ or ] 504.335 , 504.336, 504.337, or 504.338 .

SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,

is amended by adding Section 504.3125 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.3125. VIETNAM DUSTOFF CREWS CONGRESSIONAL GOLD

MEDAL. The department shall issue specialty license plates for

recipients of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional Gold Medal.

The license plates must include:

(1) the words "Vietnam Dustoff Crews Congressional

Gold Medal"; and

(2) a depiction of the Vietnam Dustoff Crews

Congressional Gold Medal.

SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.