Bill Commons

TX HB 2523

enacted

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia Memorial Highway.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2523 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2523 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 2523 about?

TX HB 2523 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia Memorial Highway.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2523?

Lopez, Janie, Gámez, Guillen and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2523.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-05-24 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lopez, Janieprimary
  • Gámezprimary
  • Guillenprimary
  • Longoriaprimary
  • Curryprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-09

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-09

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-09

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-09

    Three day rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  18. 2025-05-09

    Printing rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-08

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-05-07

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-07

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-05-01

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-01

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-30

    Received from the House

    introduction

  28. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  29. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-25

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  41. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  42. 2025-04-25

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  43. 2025-04-25

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

    withdrawal

  44. 2025-04-25

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  45. 2025-04-23

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  46. 2025-04-16

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  47. 2025-04-15

    Committee report distributed

  48. 2025-04-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  49. 2025-03-27

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-03-27

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  51. 2025-03-27

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  52. 2025-03-27

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  53. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  55. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  56. 2025-02-06

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 146-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Jones: absent
    • J: absent
    • Martinez Fische: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 134-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • V: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Morga: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2523 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-09 · pass · 31-0

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2523.xml

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