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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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 3642 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3642 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

  1. 2025-03-03

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  7. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  9. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  10. 2025-05-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  11. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  12. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  13. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  23. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  30. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  31. 2025-05-28

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  32. 2025-05-28

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  33. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  34. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  36. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  39. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments distributed

  42. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  43. 2025-05-30

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  44. 2025-05-30

    House requests conference committee

  45. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  46. 2025-05-30

    House refuses to concur-reported

  47. 2025-05-30

    House requests conference committee-reported

  48. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  49. 2025-05-30

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  50. 2025-05-30

    Senate appoints conferees

  51. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  52. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  53. 2025-05-31

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  54. 2025-05-31

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  55. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  56. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  57. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  58. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  60. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  61. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  62. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  63. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  64. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  65. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  66. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  67. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  68. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  69. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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

Related bills

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Official source

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

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