HB 227 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence "BB" Sasser Medal of Honor Highway.

HB 227 designates a specific segment of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the "Clarence 'BB' Sasser Medal of Honor Highway." The bill amends the Texas Transportation Code to require the Texas Department of Transportation to install markers along this highway segment. This commemorative measure, effective September 1, 2025, honors Clarence "BB" Sasser and has no impact on transportation policy or funding. It directly affects road signage in Brazoria County and serves as a permanent memorial.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill has been converted from its original draft version to the final enrolled version ready for signing into law. The substantive policy content remains unchanged - it still designates a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence 'BB' Sasser Medal of Honor Highway and requires the Texas Department of Transportation to install markers. The main changes are formatting improvements, removal of draft annotations, and addition of official certification signatures from legislative officers.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft annotations and formatting markers (like 'AA', '1[...]1') that were present in the engrossed version but not needed in the final enrolled version.

Added official certification signatures and dates from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, and Governor to indicate the bill has passed all legislative stages and is ready for execution.

Changed header information from draft bill text to official enrolled bill text with proper legislative formatting and numbering.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage reported

lower

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendments

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recalled from subcommittee

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in subcommittee

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor