Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Starting Tues. July 1, 2025, House Bill 718 – signed into law in 2023 by Governor Abbott, goes into ...

Rep. Craig Goldman holds a metal license plate honoring his bill, HB 718. (KXAN Photo/Matt Grant) AUSTIN (KXAN) — Say goodbye to paper license plates — just not yet. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill ...

Starting this month, car buyers cannot drive off dealerships with temporary paper plates. The Senate Bill 1902 law requires that dealerships must issue metal license plates to buyers at the time of ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following years of widespread fraud and abuse that touched every state, Texas is eliminating most temporary paper license plates and replacing them with new color-coded metal ones. The ...

Paper plate problems will no longer be come July 1, as a new law, HB 718, goes into effect to combat crime. It will now require everyone in the state of Texas to have a hard, metal license plate.

Q. Several times I’ve noticed temporary license plates on vehicles long after they expired. How soon should a new car owner expect to wait for their metal plates? I can understand that this is a ...

Editor’s note: revisions to better reflect the RED and PURPLE license plates are as follows below. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Starting Tues. July 1, 2025, House Bill 718 – signed into law in 2023 by ...