SB 1366: Nichols’s bill adding work zones to driver education

Caption

relating to the inclusion of information about construction or maintenance work zones in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Courses cover work zone dangers and penalties.

The bill orders the state licensing commission to write rules requiring every driver education and driving safety course to teach about construction and maintenance work zones. Course providers and student drivers are touched, and the curriculum must cover the dangers of breaking traffic laws in work zones and the penalties for work-zone offenses. Rules are due by May 1, 2026, and courses held on or after September 1, 2026, must include the material.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1366 · 2025-02-18

SOLD BY

Sen. Robert NicholsRSenate 3

+ 5 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the inclusion of information about construction or maintenance work zones in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses.

WHAT IT DOES

Courses cover work zone dangers and penalties.

The bill orders the state licensing commission to write rules requiring every driver education and driving safety course to teach about construction and maintenance work zones. Course providers and student drivers are touched, and the curriculum must cover the dangers of breaking traffic laws in work zones and the penalties for work-zone offenses. Rules are due by May 1, 2026, and courses held on or after September 1, 2026, must include the material.

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 · March 25, 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

Feb 18, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Feb 18, 2025Filed
Mar 6, 2025Read first time
Mar 6, 2025Referred to Transportation
Mar 26, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 26, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 26, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 26, 2025Vote taken in committee
Mar 27, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Mar 27, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Mar 27, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 31, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 1, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 1, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 2, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 2, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 2, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 2, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 2, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 2, 2025Passed
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 3, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025Read first time
Apr 9, 2025Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Apr 29, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 29, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 30, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 30, 2025Committee report distributed
May 1, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 1, 2025Laid out in lieu of companion HB 3352
May 1, 2025Read 2nd time
May 1, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 1, 2025Record vote RV#1234
May 1, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 2, 2025Read 3rd time
May 2, 2025Passed
May 2, 2025Record vote RV#1354
May 2, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 5, 2025House passage reported
May 5, 2025Reported enrolled
May 7, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 7, 2025Signed in the House
May 7, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 19, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 19, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 123 yea · 0 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 2, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 2, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Robert Nichols

Donors

James I Perkins$25,000Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC$10K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10K

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 2, 2024 to Mar 25, 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.

James I Perkins$25,000.00

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC$10,000.00

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 5, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 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: 100965387.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

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 · on Dec 5, 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: 100965387.

Money

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

×

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 5, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 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: 100965387.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

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 · on Dec 5, 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: 100965387.

Votes5

House May 2, 2025

Yea: 123
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 3
Excused: 23

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1354

SB 1366 was passed by (Record 1354): 123 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 123 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 23 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 1, 2025

Yea: 137
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 7
Excused: 4

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1234

SB 1366 was passed to third reading by (Record 1234): 137 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 137 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 4 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1366 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1366 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses7

For: 6
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

AGC of Texas1 registration
Farm & City1 registration
Gibson and Associates & AGC of Texas1 registration
Hunter Industries, Ltd1 registration
Kiewit Infrastructure1 registration
Zachry Construction Corporation1 registration

On

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation1 registration

Sources

7 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate 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 · March 25, 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 Senate · Filed Feb 18, 2025

05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

César BlancoDSenate 29

Molly CookDSenate 15

Sarah EckhardtDSenate 14

Royce WestDSenate 23

Judith ZaffiriniDSenate 21

Companion

HB 3352 by King (identical)

Subjects

Education--Driver Education & Training

Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses

Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road

CONSTRUCTION & HEAVY EQUIPMENT

LICENSING & REGULATION, TEXAS COMMISSION OF

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 242 words

89R10591 RDR-D

By: Nichols
S.B. No. 1366

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of information about construction or

maintenance work zones in the curriculum of driver education and

driving safety courses.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 1001.1102 to read as follows:

Sec. 1001.1102. INFORMATION RELATING TO OPERATING VEHICLE

IN CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK ZONE. (a) The commission by

rule shall require that information relating to construction or

maintenance work zones be included in the curriculum of each driver

education course or driving safety course. The curriculum must

include:

(1) the dangers associated with violating traffic laws

in construction or maintenance work zones; and

(2) the penalties under Section 542.404,

Transportation Code, for certain offenses committed in a

construction or maintenance work zone.

(b) In developing rules under this section, the commission

shall consult with the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 2. (a) Not later than May 1, 2026, the Texas

Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the rules

required by Section 1001.1102, Education Code, as added by this

Act.

(b) Each driver education course or driving safety course

held on or after September 1, 2026, shall include in the course's

curriculum the information required by the rules adopted under

Section 1001.1102, Education Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

House May 2, 2025

House May 1, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

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On

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