SB 964 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the appearance of a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to a person who is not a citizen of the United States.

SB 964 requires Texas-issued personal identification certificates and driver's licenses for non-citizens to display the phrase "NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE" prominently on the front in the same font size as the ID number. It also mandates that non-citizen driver's licenses be oriented vertically (unlike citizen licenses) to visually distinguish them. The bill applies only to licenses issued or renewed on or after September 1, 2025, leaving older documents unaffected. This directly affects non-citizen residents who obtain or renew these Texas IDs, altering their physical appearance without changing eligibility for holding them.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action May 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 16, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version with corrected formatting and spacing. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, maintaining requirements for non-citizen identification certificates and driver's licenses to include specific designators.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to non-citizen identification documents remains the same.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and spacing corrections throughout the document to align with standard legislative formatting requirements.

Header information updated to reflect the engrossed version status with proper bill number formatting.

Section numbering and text alignment standardized for final legislative submission.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

219
Passed
Total votes 30
Apr 16, 2025
D Democratic10
1 Yea 9 Nay
90% Nay
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
14
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to committee
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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