Bill Text: TX HB298 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the content of a driver's license or personal identification certificate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB298 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB298-Introduced.html

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89R3110 MZM-D
By: DeAyala H.B. No. 298

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the content of a driver's license or personal
identification certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.121(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The driver's license must include:
(1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department
to the license holder;
(2) a photograph of the entire face of the holder;
(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;
(4) a brief description of the holder; [and]
(5) the license holder's residence address or, for a
license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street
address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license
holder's spouse or parent serves as a federal judge, including a
federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
Service, a United States attorney, or a state judge; and
(6) if the holder is a citizen of the United States, an
indication that the holder is a citizen of the United States.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a driver's license or personal identification certificate issued
or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.