89R4313 JRR-D
By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for
registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.013. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF MILITARY STATUS BY
REGISTRATION APPLICANT. (a) When a person registers or renews the
registration of a motor vehicle under this chapter, the department
shall provide the person with the option to indicate whether the
person is a member of the United States armed forces.
(b) If a person indicates under Subsection (a) that the
person is a member of the United States armed forces, the department
shall include the person's status as a member of the United States
armed forces:
(1) in the department's vehicle registration records
for the vehicle described by Subsection (a); and
(2) with any record information released by the
department relating to the department's vehicle registration
records for the vehicle described by Subsection (a), including a
report issued by the department for the vehicle.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.