2025 Texas License Plate. Greg abbott signed a bill into law that puts the brakes on texas' paper license plate problem by tearing up the current system. The law eliminated the need to issue temporary paper license plates for new or newly purchased vehicles in the state of texas and metal plates will be issued once it is purchased.
Greg abbott signed a law in june 2023 that eliminates paper license plates starting july 1, 2025. The new law replaces all paper tags with metal ones.