2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB1242

HB1242 names the portion of U.S.

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Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.

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HB1242 names the portion of U.S.
The Texas Department of Transportation must provide markers at both ends and appropriate intermediate sites, but only after a grant or donation covers their design, construction and installation.

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What does it do?

HB1242 names the portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County between County Road 304 and Huppergate Road the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway. It took effect September 1, 2025. This is a memorial designation, not authorization for a new road, toll or change in traffic rules. Final law

The Texas Department of Transportation must provide markers at both ends and appropriate intermediate sites, but only after a grant or donation covers their design, construction and installation. The existing general law also requires marker maintenance, repair and replacement. Enactment alone does not establish that signs have been installed. Transportation Code 225.021

What changed along the way?

All five indexed versions preserve the same road segment, name, funding condition and effective date. The section number changes from proposed 225.243 in the introduced and House committee texts to 225.251 in the engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled texts. The official amendment index expressly reports no amendments; that numbering change is not evidence of a separate floor amendment. Introduced · House committee · Engrossed · Senate committee · Version index · Amendment index

Governor Abbott signed the bill May 29, 2025. It passed the House 131–0, with three present but not voting, and the Senate 31–0. Official history

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

The designation offers public recognition to Cantu’s family and community. Grant providers or donors must cover initial marker costs; TxDOT has the existing maintenance responsibilities. The act does not require Brooks County or individual residents to contribute.

Both indexed Legislative Budget Board notes anticipate no significant state fiscal impact, with costs absorbed within existing resources, and no local-government fiscal impact. They give no marker price or quantified two-year/five-year estimate. Introduced fiscal note · Engrossed fiscal note

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