All Roll Calls
Yes: 306 • No: 6
TexasHB 421589th Legislature Regular SessionHouse
Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.
Sponsored By: Todd Hunter, Charles Schwertner (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Business & Commerce--GeneralOccupational Regulation--Other Trades & ProfessionsProtection of Personal InformationTransportation--MiscellaneousCONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORSDISCRIMINATIONINTERNETPERMITSRECORDS MANAGEMENTLICENSING & REGULATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Safer deliveries and fairer customer treatment
Beginning September 1, 2025, delivery companies cannot charge extra because a customer has a physical disability. Companies must tell workers about a policy banning discrimination, and logged-in workers must follow it. The policy covers location or destination, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and age. Companies must ban any intoxication by logged-in workers and post the policy and a complaint method on their website or app. They must keep complaint records for at least two years after receiving a complaint.
Delivery workers get contractor status rules
Beginning September 1, 2025, delivery workers are contractors, not company employees, when all listed conditions hold. Companies cannot set login hours or delivery territory, block other delivery networks, or restrict other jobs or businesses. Both sides must agree in writing to contractor status, which generally means handling their own taxes and business costs. Chapter rules for logged-in drivers also cover workers receiving delivery requests or making digitally arranged deliveries. Delivery companies and logged-in delivery workers are not common carriers, contract carriers, or motor carriers under Texas law.
Delivery workers face stricter access checks
Beginning September 1, 2025, delivery companies must screen workers before granting network access. Workers must be at least 18 with valid government photo identification; motor-vehicle delivery also requires a valid driver's license. Companies must check local, state, and national criminal records using a multistate database and the national sex-offender website. That website's listing bars access, as do convictions within seven years for drunk driving or using a vehicle to commit a felony. Felony convictions involving property damage, fraud, theft, violence, or terrorism within seven years also bar access. Motor-vehicle applicants are barred for more than four moving violations within three years. Three-year driving disqualifiers also include fleeing police, reckless driving, and driving without a valid license or with an invalid license. Companies must review motor-vehicle applicants' driving records and restrict worker access upon a law-enforcement request or court order.
Delivery customers gain personal data protections
Beginning September 1, 2025, delivery companies can share customer identifying information with third parties only for listed reasons. These are customer consent, legal requirements, defending or enforcing service terms, or investigating violations. Companies can also share a customer's name with the delivery worker to help identify or contact the customer.
Company records get shields from disclosure
Beginning September 1, 2025, transportation and delivery company information held by Texas public entities is exempt from public-records disclosure. Public entities can share it only under a court order or subpoena and must promptly notify the company when disclosure is sought. They must assess privacy risks, collect only necessary and relevant data, and protect it through reasonable security and access controls. Companies are not civilly or criminally liable for unauthorized handling of information while a public entity holds it. Cities and companies can voluntarily agree to share company data; neither side must enter an agreement.
State permits replace local delivery rules
Beginning September 1, 2025, delivery companies must obtain and maintain permits from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Companies pay an annual fee set by state rule to cover program costs; no amount is specified. The department cannot charge this fee for delivery workers or vehicles. Local governments cannot impose taxes, extra permits, rates, or operating rules on delivery companies, logged-in workers, or delivery vehicles. The department can suspend or revoke transportation or delivery company permits for violations.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Todd Hunter
House
Charles Schwertner
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/14/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/14/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 5/6/2025
Record vote
Yes: 142 • No: 3
House vote • 5/5/2025
Record vote
Yes: 141 • No: 3
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Business & Commerce
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Yes: 12 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective on 9/1/25
5/28/2025HouseSigned by the Governor
5/28/2025HouseSent to the Governor
5/16/2025HouseSigned in the Senate
5/16/2025SenateSigned in the House
5/15/2025HouseReported enrolled
5/15/2025HouseSenate passage reported
5/14/2025HouseRecord vote
5/14/2025SenatePassed
5/14/2025SenateRead 3rd time
5/14/2025SenateRecord vote
5/14/2025SenateThree day rule suspended
5/14/2025SenateVote recorded in Journal
5/14/2025SenateRead 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
5/14/2025SenateLaid before the Senate
5/14/2025SenatePlaced on local & uncontested calendar
5/14/2025SenateCommittee report printed and distributed
5/8/2025SenateRecommended for local & uncontested calendar
5/8/2025SenateReported favorably w/o amendments
5/8/2025SenateVote taken in committee
5/8/2025SenateConsidered in public hearing
5/8/2025SenateReferred to Business & Commerce
5/7/2025SenateRead first time
5/7/2025SenateReceived from the House
5/6/2025SenateReported engrossed
5/6/2025House
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Committee Report
Introduced
Senate Committee Report
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