All Roll Calls
Yes: 427 • No: 0
TexasHB 364289th Legislature Regular SessionHouse
Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.
Sponsored By: Cole Hefner, Bryan Hughes (Republican)
Signed by Governor
EASTLAND COUNTYECTOR COUNTYFREESTONE COUNTYLEON COUNTYPANOLA COUNTYUPSHUR COUNTYWILBARGER COUNTYHighwaysCECIL & DOROTHY BELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAYDEPUTY SHERIFF DAVID BOSECKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAYEDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAYHAMBY-WEBB MEMORIAL HIGHWAYMOLLY MULLENS MILEMOTORCYCLESPETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN BRIDGESIGNSTROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAYTRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TEXASTRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Highway signs guide drivers to cultural districts
Beginning September 1, 2025, the law requires highway signs for two cultural districts by September 1, 2026. The Texas Department of Transportation must install and maintain the signs. Signs must guide drivers to Northwest Dallas’s Koreatown District from Royal Lane exits on I-35E, northbound and southbound. They must also guide drivers from Luna Road exits on I-635, eastbound and westbound. Signs for Richardson’s Chinatown District must guide drivers from Arapaho Road, Belt Line Road, and Main Street exits on U.S. 75. Each of those U.S. 75 locations must have signs for northbound and southbound traffic. Signs must follow Texas and federal traffic-sign standards.
Three Texas highway stretches receive memorial names
Beginning September 1, 2025, the law names three highway stretches in addition to any existing names. In Eastland County, U.S. 183 between FM 2526 and FM 2731 becomes the Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker Memorial Highway. In Freestone and Leon counties, U.S. 79 from U.S. 84 to Oakwood’s western city limits becomes the Cecil and Dorothy Bell Memorial Highway. In Panola County, State Highway 315 from the western county line to Carthage’s western city boundary becomes the Hamby-Webb Memorial Highway. The Texas Department of Transportation must design, build, and install markers showing these names and any other appropriate information. Markers must stand at both ends and at appropriate points along each stretch.
New rules for motorcycle memorial signs
The law takes effect September 1, 2025, and sets rules for signs honoring motorcycle collision victims. Eligible victims are people killed while operating or riding on a motorcycle. People under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance at the time are excluded. Signs must include a motorcyclist safety message, “In Memory Of,” one or more victims’ names, and the collision date. Names must follow Texas Transportation Commission rules. The commission must adopt safety-message options by December 1, 2025. The Texas Department of Transportation does not have to follow these changes before March 1, 2026.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Cole Hefner
House
Bryan Hughes
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/1/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 6/1/2025
Record vote
Yes: 135 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 5/15/2025
Record vote
Yes: 142 • No: 0
House vote • 5/14/2025
Record vote
Yes: 133 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Transportation
Yes: 12 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Transportation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the Governor
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor
6/2/2025HouseSigned in the Senate
6/2/2025SenateSigned in the House
6/2/2025HouseReported enrolled
6/2/2025HouseSenate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
6/1/2025HouseRecord vote
6/1/2025SenateSenate adopts conference committee report
6/1/2025SenateSenate adopts resolution to go outside bounds (SR 702)
6/1/2025SenateHouse adopts conf. comm. report-reported
6/1/2025SenateStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
6/1/2025HouseRecord vote (RV#4142)
6/1/2025HouseHouse adopts conference committee report
6/1/2025HouseHouse adopts resolution to go outside bounds (HR 1496)
6/1/2025HouseSenate appoints conferees-reported
5/31/2025HouseSenate grants request for conf comm-reported
5/31/2025HouseConf. Comm. Report distributed
5/31/2025HouseConference committee report filed
5/31/2025SenateSenate appoints conferees
5/30/2025SenateSenate grants request for conference comm.
5/30/2025SenateHouse appoints conferees-reported
5/30/2025SenateHouse requests conference committee-reported
5/30/2025SenateHouse refuses to concur-reported
5/30/2025SenateHouse appoints conferees
5/30/2025House
Bill Text
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Enrolled
House Committee Report
Introduced
Senate Committee Report
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