Monitoring the Session

HB 5358

bill allowing disabled parking stickers for motorcycles

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Eddie MoralesDHouse 74

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 a disabled parking sticker by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

A one-sided sticker where a hanging placard won’t work.

The bill lets the Department of Motor Vehicles issue a one-sided disabled parking sticker instead of a hanging placard when a placard is not feasible or practical, such as for motorcycles and three-wheeled vehicles. It touches people with disabilities who drive vehicles that cannot hold a placard, county tax offices that hand out the stickers, and the department that writes the rules. Starting September 1, 2025, those drivers can get a sticker carrying the same information and anti-counterfeit hologram as a placard, displayed on the left corner of the windshield and governed by the same placard laws.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Transportation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5358 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Eddie MoralesDHouse 74

ITEM

relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

WHAT IT DOES

A one-sided sticker where a hanging placard won’t work.

The bill lets the Department of Motor Vehicles issue a one-sided disabled parking sticker instead of a hanging placard when a placard is not feasible or practical, such as for motorcycles and three-wheeled vehicles. It touches people with disabilities who drive vehicles that cannot hold a placard, county tax offices that hand out the stickers, and the department that writes the rules. Starting September 1, 2025, those drivers can get a sticker carrying the same information and anti-counterfeit hologram as a placard, displayed on the left corner of the windshield and governed by the same placard laws.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Transportation
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Eddie Morales

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$101KLegacy 44$100KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$57K

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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$101,077.16

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$101,077.16

Cash
$80,000.00
Paid by others
$21,077.16
Total
$101,077.16
mailers $21,077.16

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 · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100983216, 101059340, 101067651, 101071574.

Legacy 44$100,000.00

Legacy 44

$100,000.00

Cash
$30,000.00
Paid by others
$70,000.00
Total
$100,000.00
digital $70,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 21, 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: 100983216, 101067651.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$56,517.22

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$56,517.22

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$19,017.22
Total
$56,517.22
mail $18,992.22grassroots $25.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 2, 2024 to Sep 2, 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: 100983216, 101031005, 101067651.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$101,077.16

Cash
$80,000.00
Paid by others
$21,077.16
Total
$101,077.16
mailers $21,077.16

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 · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100983216, 101059340, 101067651, 101071574.

×

Legacy 44

$100,000.00

Cash
$30,000.00
Paid by others
$70,000.00
Total
$100,000.00
digital $70,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 21, 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: 100983216, 101067651.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$56,517.22

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$19,017.22
Total
$56,517.22
mail $18,992.22grassroots $25.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 2, 2024 to Sep 2, 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: 100983216, 101031005, 101067651.

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 14, 2025

04/07/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM

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

Disabilities, Persons with

Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration

PARKING

MOTOR VEHICLES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 354 words

89R16781 AJZ-F

By: Morales of Maverick
H.B. No. 5358

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the

Department of Motor Vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows:

(3-a) "Disabled parking sticker" means a sticker

issued under Section 681.002.

SECTION 2. The heading to Section 681.002, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 681.002. DISABLED PARKING PLACARD OR STICKER .

SECTION 3. Section 681.002, Transportation Code, is amended

by amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections

(f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:

(a) The department shall provide for the issuance of a

disabled parking placard or a disabled parking sticker, as provided

by Subsection (f), to a person with a disability.

(c) The department shall furnish the disabled parking

placards and disabled parking stickers to each county

assessor-collector.

(d) A disabled parking placard and a disabled parking

sticker must bear a hologram designed to prevent the reproduction

of the placard or sticker or the production of a counterfeit placard

or sticker .

(f) If issuing a disabled parking placard is not feasible or

practical, including when a person with a disability applies for a

placard for a motor vehicle with two or three wheels, the department

shall provide for the issuance of a disabled parking sticker in lieu

of a placard. The disabled parking sticker must be one-sided and

include the same information as a disabled parking placard under

Subsections (b) and (e). The department shall adopt rules as

necessary to implement this subsection.

(g) A disabled parking sticker issued under Subsection (f)

must be displayed on the top or bottom left hand corner of a motor

vehicle's windshield.

(h) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a disabled

parking sticker is subject to the laws of this state applicable to a

disabled parking placard, including laws relating to the

application for and issuance of a disabled parking placard.

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