HB 2033: TRANSPORTATION; DOT; SELLERS; LICENSED DEALERS; FRONT NUMBER PLATE; MOUNTING DEVICE; TRAFFIC CODE; RACING; AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS PROGRAM; HIGH-RISK LOCATIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; COUNTIES; AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; INSPECTIONS; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL BUS; PASSING; OVERTAKING; CAMERAS; INSTALLATION; PENALTY; APPROPRIATION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-03-19: The committee(s) on TRS/EIG/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
PART I: Requires sellers and licensed dealers to ensure that a motor vehicle is equipped with a front number plate mounting bracket or device. Requires a seller, licensed dealer, or owner to securely fasten number plates on vehicles. PART II: Amends the Traffic Code relating to street racing. PART III: Expands the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program to high-risk locations of state or county highways as determined by the Department of Transportation, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds. PART IV: Allows counties to use automatic license plate recognition systems to identify vehicles without current inspection or registration certificates and issue citations with fines waivable if compliance is demonstrated. Establishes data privacy and retention requirements. Allows counties, in coordination with the Department of Transportation, to use red light and speed camera systems for enforcement. PART V: Authorizes the installation of cameras on the stop arm of a school bus to record footage for evidence of a violation for passing or overtaking a school bus while the bus is stopped and its visual signals are turned on. Amends the fines for passing or overtaking a school bus while the bus is stopped and its visual signals are turned on. Appropriates funds. PART VI: Specifies that the Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Safety Office shall administer the Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems Program Special Fund and Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund. PART VII: Clarifies language relating to photo red light enforcement, automated speed enforcement, and penalty provisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Discussed in Hearing