Relating to the assignment of a motor vehicle title by a dealer.
HB 4916 removes a requirement for vehicle dealers in Texas. It states that dealers who receive a title in their name (from this state or another jurisdiction) do not need to assign that title to themselves before reselling the vehicle. This applies only if the dealer's name on the title matches the name on their official dealer license. The change simplifies the process for dealers selling vehicles they've purchased, eliminating an extra administrative step for eligible transactions.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action May 19, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and reorganized from a draft version to an official engrossed version, with no substantive policy changes to the actual legislative content. The core provisions regarding dealer title assignments and effective dates remain identical.
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Formatting and layout changes from draft to final engrossed version, including header updates and line reorganization, without altering substantive legal text or policy provisions.
Floor votes · House May 16, 2025
How they voted
96–26
Passed · 22 other
Total votes 144
May 16, 2025
D
Democratic59
77% Yea
R
Republican85
58% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Canales
DDemocratic
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