Monitoring the SessionHB 566
Died in committee
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
relating to required proof of lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Bring any listed paper and the department cannot turn you away, starting January 1, 2026.
The bill orders the Department of Public Safety to accept a fixed list of immigration papers as enough proof that a driver's license applicant is allowed to be in the United States. It touches non-citizen applicants and the license offices that check their papers, including people whose only paperwork shows a pending application, an employment authorization card, an immigrant visa with a foreign passport, or a border crossing card with an I-94 number. Starting with licenses issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, the department cannot turn away an applicant who brings one of these documents, even one showing only 'another pending category.'
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3175 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3175 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB566 · 2024-11-12
relating to required proof of lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license.
Bring any listed paper and the department cannot turn you away, starting January 1, 2026.
The bill orders the Department of Public Safety to accept a fixed list of immigration papers as enough proof that a driver's license applicant is allowed to be in the United States. It touches non-citizen applicants and the license offices that check their papers, including people whose only paperwork shows a pending application, an employment authorization card, an immigrant visa with a foreign passport, or a border crossing card with an I-94 number. Starting with licenses issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, the department cannot turn away an applicant who brings one of these documents, even one showing only 'another pending category.'
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
The bill requires the state to issue or renew driver's licenses on the strength of notices of pending immigration applications, including any 'other pending category,' rather than a settled status.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 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.
$56,000.00
Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 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: 100986907, 101059773, 101069326, 101072293.
$17,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100986907, 101032801, 101059773, 101072293.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$56,000.00
Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 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: 100986907, 101059773, 101069326, 101072293.
$17,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100986907, 101032801, 101059773, 101072293.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Bucy, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Apr 25, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to required proof of lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/03/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Aliens
Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 218 words
89R1588 AJZ-D By: Bucy H.B. No. 566 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to required proof of lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 521.1425, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) For purposes of issuing or renewing a driver's license, the department must accept as satisfactory proof that an applicant is authorized to be in the United States under Section 521.142(a) the following documents: (1) immigration documentation with an alien number or I-94 number, including a form I-797 indicating the applicant has: (A) a pending I-485; (B) a pending application for adjustment, extension, or change of status; (C) a pending petition for nonimmigrant worker status; or (D) another pending category; (2) an employment authorization document; (3) both a valid immigrant visa presented within one year of endorsement and an unexpired foreign passport; and (4) the applicant's unexpired foreign passport presented with both a current border crossing card and an I-94 number. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a driver's license issued or renewed under Chapter 521, Transportation Code, on or after January 1, 2026. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.