2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB791
HB791 directs the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialty license plates displaying “With Loyal Hearts” along the bottom and the Central Catholic High School logo on the left.
Official caption: Relating to the issuance of Central Catholic High School specialty license plates.
Official report lists House author(s): Cortez. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
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Bill highlights
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- HB791 directs the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialty license plates displaying “With Loyal Hearts” along the bottom and the Central Catholic High School logo on the left.
- After TxDMV's administrative costs are deducted, the remaining issuance-fee revenue goes to the state's General Revenue Fund—not to the school.
- HB791 does not set a special dollar fee.
What does it do?
HB791 directs the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialty license plates displaying “With Loyal Hearts” along the bottom and the Central Catholic High School logo on the left. TxDMV must design them in consultation with a representative of the San Antonio school. The law took effect September 1, 2025. Final law
After TxDMV’s administrative costs are deducted, the remaining issuance-fee revenue goes to the state’s General Revenue Fund—not to the school. The law does not create a scholarship fund or earmark plate proceeds for Central Catholic.
HB791 does not set a special dollar fee. The existing general-distribution specialty-plate statute sets a default $30 issuance fee and $8 administrative allocation unless the subchapter or department rule provides otherwise, with a separate framework for sponsor-requested private-vendor sales. Those defaults are not a verified current checkout price or a statement that the plates are already available for purchase. Existing fee framework
What changed along the way?
The introduced bill, House committee report, engrossed version, Senate committee report and final law contain identical operative text. Both committees reported it without amendments, and the official amendment index lists none. There was no conference rewrite.
The House passed the bill April 30 and the Senate May 19. It became law without the governor’s signature on June 20. That differs from a signed approval; the act nevertheless became law. Official history
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
School supporters gain a statutory specialty-plate design for displaying affiliation. Purchasing a specialty plate is a choice, not a requirement imposed on every vehicle owner. Buyers bear applicable plate fees, while TxDMV handles design and administration.
The state receives remaining fee revenue, but the latest fiscal note expected that revenue effect to be insignificant. It anticipated no significant state or local-government fiscal impact, assuming implementation costs could be absorbed with existing resources. No direct school payment or guaranteed fundraising amount is established by this act.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
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