By: Rodríguez  S.B. No. 441          (In the Senate - Filed January 6, 2017; February 6, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs &   Border Security; April 18, 2017, reported adversely, with   favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5,   Nays 1; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 441 By:  Rodríguez     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to eligibility of surviving spouses of disabled veterans   for specialty license plates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 504.317, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  A person is eligible to receive specialty license   plates under this section if the person is the surviving spouse of a   person who had been entitled to specialty plates for veterans with   disabilities under Section 504.202, regardless of whether the   deceased spouse was issued plates under that section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *