HB 4767

off-highway vehicle safety certificate rule repealed

Did not pass

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 operation of off-highway vehicles.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Subchapter B goes, along with the certificate subsections.

The bill rewrites the rule for riding off-highway vehicles on public land and strikes the words "safety certificate required" from that section's heading. It repeals several parts of the off-highway vehicle chapter, including all of Subchapter B and the subsections tied to the certificate rule. Off-highway vehicle riders on state and local public land and beaches would still have to stay on designated land and follow state law, but the certificate requirement named in the old heading goes away starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Licensing & Administrative Procedures committee 12-0 on Apr 22, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4767 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Dade PhelanRHouse 21

ITEM

relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

WHAT IT DOES

Subchapter B goes, along with the certificate subsections.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 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

Mar 13, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Apr 15, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 15, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 15, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 15, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 2, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 2, 2025Committee report distributed
May 5, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Dade Phelan

Donors

Tyson D. Faust$75,000Tama Lundquist$75,000JLN III Holdings LLC$50K

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 · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 24, 2025. 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.

Tyson D. Faust$75,000.00

Tama Lundquist$75,000.00

JLN III Holdings LLC$50,000.00

JLN III Holdings LLC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 8, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 11, 2024. 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: 100987524.

Money

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

JLN III Holdings LLC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 8, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 11, 2024. 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: 100987524.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses1

For: 0
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

On

TDLR1 registration

Sources

1 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 significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 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 Mar 13, 2025

05/05/2025 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.

House committee · Licensing & Administrative Procedures · Committee vote 12 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 2439 by Zaffirini (identical)

Subjects

Coastal Affairs & Beaches

Highways

Transportation--Miscellaneous

RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

Text

The text as introduced · 180 words

89R9827 GP-F

By: Phelan
H.B. No. 4767

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 551A.031, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 551A.031. OPERATION ON PUBLIC LAND OR BEACH [ ; SAFETY

CERTIFICATE REQUIRED ].

SECTION 2. Section 551A.031(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) A person may not operate an off-highway vehicle on land

owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision of the state

that is not open to vehicular traffic unless:

(1) the land is public off-highway vehicle land or a

beach ; and

(2) the operation is in compliance with:

(A) this chapter; and

(B) Chapter 29, Parks and Wildlife Code.

SECTION 3. The following provisions of Chapter 551A,

Transportation Code, are repealed:

(1) Sections 551A.001(1-b) and (1-c);

(2) Section 551A.002(b);

(3) Subchapter B;

(4) Sections 551A.031(b) and (c);

(5) Section 551A.059; and

(6) Section 551A.071(d).

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