Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.
SB 2141 allows Texas to issue specialty license plates for current or visiting state and federal judges. The plates must display "State Judge" or "U.S. Judge" unless the judge chooses to have plates without that designation. The bill defines "state judge" to include justices of the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, court of appeals, district court judges, presiding judges of administrative judicial districts, and statutory county court judges. This law takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies directly to eligible judges seeking these specialty plates.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025
Signed May 29, 2025
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Engrossed
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Enrolled
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May 29, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, which is the final version signed into law. The substantive policy content regarding specialty license plates for judges remained unchanged. The primary differences are formatting improvements, removal of placeholder text, and addition of certification signatures and voting records from both legislative chambers.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the content remains identical to the Engrossed version.
TECHNICAL
Removed placeholder text and formatting artifacts from the Engrossed version, replacing them with clean, final formatting appropriate for an enrolled bill.
Added certification signatures and voting records from the Senate and House, confirming the bill passed both chambers on April 24, 2025 and May 16, 2025.
Changed the bill header from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' and updated the bill number format to reflect its final status.
Floor votes · House May 15, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
12
Committee
8
May 29, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage reported
upper
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 15, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (100-33-12)
house
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 6, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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