2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB3033

HB3033 lets people voluntarily contribute $3 or more when applying for an original or renewed Texas driver's license, commercial driver's license or personal identification certificate.

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Official caption: Relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting employees of the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary contributions.

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Official report lists House author(s): Craddick, Kitzman. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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Bill highlights

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HB3033 lets people voluntarily contribute $3 or more when applying for an original or renewed Texas driver's license, commercial driver's license or personal identification certificate.
DPS must establish and administer the grant program, including application procedures, grant-amount guidelines and selection criteria.
DPS must send contributions to the comptroller by the 14th of each month, after any deduction for reasonable expenses of administering the contribution provisions.
The act took effect September 1, 2025, but its application changes concern people applying on or after January 1, 2026.

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What does it do?

HB3033 lets people voluntarily contribute $3 or more when applying for an original or renewed Texas driver’s license, commercial driver’s license or personal identification certificate. The donation supports grants to nonprofits assisting Department of Public Safety employees. It is not a mandatory $3 licensing fee. DPS must provide a place on the first application page to indicate the donation amount and an opportunity to donate during online applications. Final law, sections 1–2.

DPS must establish and administer the grant program, including application procedures, grant-amount guidelines and selection criteria. Permitted uses are assistance and support for DPS employees; assistance and support for family members of employees killed or injured in the line of duty; and memorial signs for employees killed in the line of duty. Grants go to qualifying nonprofits, not automatically to every employee or family.

DPS must send contributions to the comptroller by the 14th of each month, after any deduction for reasonable expenses of administering the contribution provisions. The dedicated general-revenue account may be appropriated only to DPS for this grant program, and disbursements are subject to comptroller audit. The account survived funds consolidation: HB4488, section 9(3) expressly preserves it, as the comptroller’s guidance confirms. Creating the account is not itself a specified-dollar appropriation or a guarantee that donations cover every need.

The act took effect September 1, 2025, but its application changes concern people applying on or after January 1, 2026. The governor signed June 20, 2025. Official history.

What changed along the way?

The filed bill described support for DPS generally, including employees. The House committee substitute focused the program and account on employees, specified help for families after line-of-duty death or injury, and added memorial signs for employees killed in the line of duty. Those restrictions—not the broader filed wording—became law.

The House-passed, Senate committee and final versions retain the substitute’s substance. The amendment index lists no separate floor amendments. Text-version index.

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

DPS employees, eligible families and nonprofits serving them may gain another source of assistance. Applicants choosing to donate bear the voluntary contribution. DPS must operate the donation and grant processes, while nonprofits seeking awards face application requirements. Because reasonable administrative expenses can be deducted before transfer, a donation is not a promise that every dollar reaches a beneficiary directly.

The May 13 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal impact, assuming implementation costs, including online-transaction changes, can be absorbed with existing resources. It expects voluntary contributions to increase revenue but cannot determine how much. This is not a finding that the program receives no money or costs nothing to administer.

Official sources

Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.