Texas · 86
SB 616
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees.
Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
Summary AI-generated
Texas SB 616 relates to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety, including the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill proposes abolishing the Texas Private Security Board and transferring motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Additionally, it addresses the regulation of other Department of Public Safety programs, imposes an administrative penalty, and authorizes or repeals fee authorizations.
Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Issue tags AI-classified
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Sponsors + 3 cosponsors
- Brian Birdwell Republican lead
- Bob Hall Republican
- Bryan Hughes Republican
- Robert Nichols Republican
Roll-call votes on this bill
| Question | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| passage | None | pass | 62 | 0 | 2 | May 17, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 6 | 9 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| other | None | fail | 5 | 10 | 0 | Apr 16, 2019 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |