HB2888 - Relating to the right of a motorist who fails to hold a driver's license or maintain motor vehicle liability insurance or other financial responsibility for a motor vehicle to recover damages arising from a motor vehicle collision.

  89R6158 SCL-D     By: Isaac H.B. No. 2888       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the right of a motorist who fails to hold a driver's   license or maintain motor vehicle liability insurance or other   financial responsibility for a motor vehicle to recover damages   arising from a motor vehicle collision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 72, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is   amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER C.   EFFECT OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS INVOLVING OPERATION OF   MOTOR VEHICLE           Sec.   72.101.     RIGHT OF CERTAIN MOTORISTS TO BRING ACTION FOR   DAMAGES. An individual operating a motor vehicle in violation of   Section 521.021 or 601.051, Transportation Code, may not bring a   civil action against another motor vehicle operator or that   operator's liability insurer for damages resulting from a collision   involving the individual's motor vehicle.          SECTION 2.  Section 72.101, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or   after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.