HB 2549 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, commercial learner's permits, and personal identification certificates.

HB 2549 requires Texas driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, commercial learner's permits, and personal ID certificates to include the applicant's biological sex as determined at birth (male or female). This applies to all applicants when submitting new applications or renewing licenses under Sections 521.101, 521.121, and 521.142 of the Texas Transportation Code. The bill mandates that applications must include space for this information and that licenses must display it as part of the holder's description. It directly affects every Texas resident applying for or renewing these identification documents.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of David Lowe
David Lowe
RRepublican
TX
91