HB 2638 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway.

HB 2638 designates Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the "Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway" under Texas Transportation Code. The bill requires the state transportation department to install markers at both ends of the road and at appropriate intermediate locations along its route. This commemorative designation, honoring a specific deputy sheriff, does not alter road maintenance or create new transportation policies. It is a standard memorial road designation with no other substantive provisions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action May 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · May 16, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to an official engrossed version, with minor corrections to section numbers (225.243 changed to 225.247) and formatting improvements. No substantive policy changes were made to the core provisions designating Farm-to-Market Road 10 as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway.

TECHNICAL

Section number changed from 225.243 to 225.247 to prevent duplicate provisions

Removed digital content accessibility notes and formatting artifacts from the original draft

Reorganized text layout from left-aligned draft format to proper legislative bill formatting

Floor votes · House May 15, 2025

How they voted

122–0

Passed · 24 other

Total votes 146

May 15, 2025

D Democratic60

50 Yea 10

83% Yea

R Republican86

72 Yea 14

83% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation

upper

May 19, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 19, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

1 primary · 17 co-sponsors