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TX HB 3642

enacted

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.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 3642 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3642 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 3642 about?

TX HB 3642 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3642?

Hefner, Hughes are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3642.

Introduced
2025-03-25
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hefnerprimary
  • Hughesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  9. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  11. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  12. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  14. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  16. 2025-05-31

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-31

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  19. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  20. 2025-05-30

    Senate appoints conferees

  21. 2025-05-30

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  22. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  23. 2025-05-30

    House requests conference committee-reported

  24. 2025-05-30

    House refuses to concur-reported

  25. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  26. 2025-05-30

    House requests conference committee

  27. 2025-05-30

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  28. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  29. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments distributed

  30. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  31. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  34. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  36. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-28

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  39. 2025-05-28

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  40. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  41. 2025-05-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  42. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  44. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  47. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  48. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  49. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  50. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  54. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  55. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  57. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  58. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  59. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  60. 2025-05-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  61. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  62. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  63. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  64. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  65. 2025-05-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  66. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

  67. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  68. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  69. 2025-03-03

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 133-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Lowe: absent
    • Spiller: absent
    • Teppe: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Oliverso: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Morga: absent

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 31-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Alders: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Virdell: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3642.xml

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