HB 3238
AN ACT relating to an optional health condition or disability designation
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Allows individuals to voluntarily add a "COMMUNICATION IMPEDIMENT" designation or another authorized distinctive symbol to their driver's license or personal identification card. This optional designation aims to help individuals with communication challenges, such as those with autism, speech disorders, or hearing impairments, alert law enforcement or other officials about potential communication difficulties during interactions. The new option provides a way for people with these conditions to proactively communicate their needs and potentially reduce misunderstandings in official encounters.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 521.1251, Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 147 (S.B. 656), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as (c) A person who makes an election under this section may choose to include on the person's driver's license or personal (1) the designation "COMMUNICATION IMPEDIMENT"; or (2) another distinctive symbol authorized by SECTION 2. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that the amendment made by this Act to Section 521.1251, Transportation Code, be harmonized with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to an optional health condition or disability designation
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