89R7828 AJZ-D By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1777 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.1231 to read as follows: Sec. 521.1231. SEX OFFENDER DESIGNATION. On receipt of a court order issued under Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, the department shall include on each driver's license or personal identification certificate issued to the person who is the subject of the court order a designation that shows the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. SECTION 2. Section 521.1231, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a driver's license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the license was issued or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.