Monitoring the Session

SB 2246

bill letting salvage dealers use auction receipts as ownership papers

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Royce WestDSenate 23

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 motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Law enforcement auction or lien foreclosure receipt counts.

The bill lets salvage vehicle dealers who buy wrecked or junk vehicles to scrap or dismantle them use an auction sales receipt from a law enforcement auction or a lien foreclosure sale as the ownership document they send to the state. It touches salvage vehicle dealers and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which must accept these receipts and issue a receipt back to the dealer. Starting September 1, 2025, dealers have another accepted proof of ownership when they report a vehicle for destruction, and the department must make rules to tell dealers when a vehicle has an electronic title record but no printed title.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 24, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Transportation committee 11-0, no floor vote.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2246 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Sen. Royce WestDSenate 23

ITEM

relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

WHAT IT DOES

Law enforcement auction or lien foreclosure receipt counts.

The bill lets salvage vehicle dealers who buy wrecked or junk vehicles to scrap or dismantle them use an auction sales receipt from a law enforcement auction or a lien foreclosure sale as the ownership document they send to the state. It touches salvage vehicle dealers and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which must accept these receipts and issue a receipt back to the dealer. Starting September 1, 2025, dealers have another accepted proof of ownership when they report a vehicle for destruction, and the department must make rules to tell dealers when a vehicle has an electronic title record but no printed title.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 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

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Transportation
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Vote taken in committee
  8. Reported favorably w/o amendments
  9. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  10. Committee report printed and distributed
  11. Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  12. Laid before the Senate
  13. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  14. Vote recorded in Journal
  15. Three day rule suspended
  16. Record vote
  17. Read 3rd time
  18. Passed
  19. Record vote
  20. Reported engrossed
  21. Received from the Senate
  22. Read first time
  23. Referred to Transportation
  24. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  25. Considered in public hearing
  26. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  27. Left pending in committee
  28. Considered in formal meeting
  29. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  30. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  31. Committee report distributed
  32. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

Senate: Final passage · Apr 24, 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

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Royce West

Donors

Skyview Development LLC$36KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20KErle Allen Nye Jr.$15,000

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 30, 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.

Skyview Development LLC$36,332.00

Skyview Development LLC

$36,332.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,332.00
Total
$36,332.00
Other filed descriptions $32,032.00fundraiser $4,300.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

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 · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 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.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.

Erle Allen Nye Jr.$15,000.00
Money

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

×

Skyview Development LLC

$36,332.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,332.00
Total
$36,332.00
Other filed descriptions $32,032.00fundraiser $4,300.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

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 · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 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.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.

Votes3

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Final passage

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.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 2246 (West) Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

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 24, 2025

Suspension of the three-day rule

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.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 2246 (West) Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

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 24, 2025

Passage to engrossment

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.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

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

Sources

SB 2246 (West) Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

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.

Witnesses2
For
0
Against
0
On
2
Names

On

  • Texas Department of Motor Vehicles2 registrations
Sources

2 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.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 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 Mar 11, 2025

05/24/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

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

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

Sponsors
Christina MoralesDHouse 145

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration

AUCTIONS & AUCTIONEERS

SALVAGE YARDS & SALVAGE DEALERS

MOTOR VEHICLES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 301 words

89R5547 MZM-F

By: West
S.B. No. 2246

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. Section 501.091, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:

(1-a) "Auction sales receipt" means a document

certifying the sale of a motor vehicle at auction by a law

enforcement agency or public sale for a lien foreclosure.

SECTION 2. Section 501.1003, Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 501.1003. SALVAGE VEHICLE DEALER RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) If a salvage vehicle dealer acquires ownership of a

nonrepairable motor vehicle or salvage motor vehicle for the

purpose of dismantling, scrapping, or destroying the motor vehicle,

the dealer shall, before the 31st day after the date the dealer

acquires the motor vehicle, submit to the department a report

stating that the motor vehicle will be dismantled, scrapped, or

destroyed. The dealer shall:

(1) make the report in a manner prescribed by the

department; and

(2) submit with the report a properly assigned

manufacturer's certificate of origin, [ regular certificate of ]

title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, auction

sales receipt, or comparable out-of-state ownership document for

the motor vehicle.

(b) After receiving the report and title , manufacturer's

certificate of origin, auction sales receipt, or document, the

department shall issue the salvage vehicle dealer a receipt for the

manufacturer's certificate of origin, [ regular certificate of ]

title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, auction

sales receipt, or comparable out-of-state ownership document.

(c) The department shall adopt rules to notify the salvage

vehicle dealer if the vehicle was not issued a printed title, but

has a record of title in the department's titling system.

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