SB 927: specialty plate for Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal recipients

Caption

relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.

Summary

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles makes the plate.

The bill orders the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a specialty license plate for people who received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. It touches medal recipients who want the plate and the department that makes it. On the ground, a new plate design with the medal emblem and the medal's name at the bottom becomes available starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: QUICK READ: 115 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 115 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB927 · 2025-01-24

SOLD BY

Sen. Kelly HancockRSenate 9

+ 3 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.

WHAT IT DOES

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles makes the plate.

The bill orders the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a specialty license plate for people who received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. It touches medal recipients who want the plate and the department that makes it. On the ground, a new plate design with the medal emblem and the medal's name at the bottom becomes available starting September 1, 2025.

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 24, 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

Jan 24, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 24, 2025Filed
Feb 13, 2025Read first time
Feb 13, 2025Referred to Transportation
Feb 20, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 26, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 26, 2025Considered in public hearing
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
Apr 9, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 10, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 10, 2025Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Apr 10, 2025Laid before the Senate
Apr 10, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 10, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 10, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 10, 2025Passed
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 14, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 17, 2025Read first time
Apr 17, 2025Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker
Apr 24, 2025Recalled from subcommittee
Apr 24, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 24, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 28, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 28, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 29, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 14, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 16, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 19, 2025Read 2nd time
May 19, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 19, 2025Record vote RV#2938
May 19, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 20, 2025Read 3rd time
May 20, 2025Passed
May 20, 2025Record vote RV#3008
May 20, 2025House passage reported
May 20, 2025Reported enrolled
May 21, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 21, 2025Signed in the House
May 21, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 30, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 30, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 40%

THE TEXT

“The department shall issue specialty license plates for”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only work is a commemorative plate honoring a military medal. It is tagged as ceremonial, but it does create a real duty to issue the plate.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 139 yea · 8 nay

Senate · 30 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 20, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 10, 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

Kelly Hancock

Donors

Stephen Brauer JR$57,791

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$14,750

Q Political Action Committee$12,500

Top donors to Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC during his Senate service. Not tied to this bill.

Sources

Gifts to Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC dated July 1, 2024 to June 18, 2025, while he served in the Senate.

Derived from itemized gifts. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

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

Votes5

House May 20, 2025

Yea: 139
Nay: 8
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3008

SB 927 was passed by (Record 3008): 139 Yeas, 8 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 139 (published)
Nay: 8 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

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

House May 19, 2025

Yea: 127
Nay: 14
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 3
Excused: 4

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 2938

SB 927 was passed to third reading by (Record 2938): 127 Yeas, 14 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 127 (published)
Nay: 14 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 4 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Final passage

Yea: 30
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 927 (Hancock) Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)

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

Yea: 30 (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 10, 2025

Suspension of the three-day rule

Yea: 30
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 927 (Hancock) Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)

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

Yea: 30 (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 10, 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 927 (Hancock) Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)

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.

Witnesses1

For: 0
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

On

Tx Dept Motor Vehicles1 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.

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 24, 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 Jan 24, 2025

05/30/2025 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

Brent HagenbuchRSenate 30

Royce WestDSenate 23

Companion

HB 2201 by McQueeney (identical)

Subjects

Military & Veterans

Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration

LICENSE PLATES

MOTOR VEHICLES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 115 words

89R8442 RDR-D

By: Hancock
S.B. No. 927

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

specialty license plates.

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

SECTION 1. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:

(s) The department shall issue specialty license plates for

recipients of the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. License

plates issued under this subsection must include the Navy and

Marine Corps Achievement Medal emblem and must include the words

"Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal" at the bottom of each

plate.

SECTION 2. 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

House May 20, 2025

House May 19, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

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