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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2523 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2523 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-24. 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

Subjects

Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-27

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-27

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  7. 2025-03-27

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-03-27

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-15

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-16

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  12. 2025-04-23

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  13. 2025-04-25

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  14. 2025-04-25

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

    withdrawal

  15. 2025-04-25

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  16. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  17. 2025-04-25

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  18. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Calendars

  20. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  21. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment

  23. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-30

    Received from the House

    introduction

  31. 2025-05-01

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-01

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-05-07

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-07

    Vote taken in committee

  36. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  38. 2025-05-08

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-05-09

    Printing rule suspended

  40. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  41. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-09

    Three day rule suspended

  45. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-05-09

    Passed

    passage

  48. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-09

    Reported engrossed

  50. 2025-05-09

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  51. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  52. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the House

    passage

  53. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  54. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  55. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  56. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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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