SB1366

New Education Code section 1001.1102 directs the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation to require this material in each driver education or driving safety course. It must cover dangers from traffic-law violations in work zones and the existing penalties under Transportation Code section 542.404. The commission must consult the Department of Public Safety while developing the rules. Final law, section 1.

The law set May 1, 2026 as the rule-adoption deadline and September 1, 2026 as the start date for courses required to include the information. Those dates are distinct from the act’s September 2025 effective date. The act does not specify a new number of instructional hours or order every previously licensed driver to retake a course. This briefing describes the enacted deadlines, not an audit of whether every provider or agency met them. Final law, sections 2-3.

The referenced fine law generally doubles the applicable minimum and maximum fine for covered offenses when workers are present and the written notice to appear states that fact. It excludes the listed offenses and adds a posted-speed-sign condition for the specified speed-limit violations. SB1366 requires instruction about that existing law; it does not newly double every fine whenever a driver sees construction. Existing work-zone penalty law; Final law.

All five versions have the same substantive three sections. The official amendment index lists no amendments, so no separate floor proposal changed the deadlines or curriculum requirements. Introduced; Senate committee; Senate-passed; House committee; Final law; Version index; Amendment index.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Course participants receive required work-zone safety information; providers must incorporate it into covered courses, and the licensing commission and DPS have rule-development duties. Workers and road users may benefit from better-informed driving, but the act and fiscal note do not quantify crashes prevented or guarantee a safety outcome. Final law.

The March 25 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local fiscal impact and assumes state costs can be absorbed with existing resources. It does not estimate private course-update costs or student fees. The act makes no appropriation. Fiscal note; Final law.