2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB2143
HB2143 designates the portion of FM1097 in Montgomery County between I-45 and Lake Conroe Hills Drive as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.
Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1097 in Montgomery County as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.
Official report lists House author(s): Metcalf, Bell, Cecil. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB2143 designates the portion of FM1097 in Montgomery County between I-45 and Lake Conroe Hills Drive as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.
- TxDOT must design and construct identifying markers and erect them at the ends and appropriate intermediate locations, subject to grant or donation funding covering initial design, construction and erection costs.
- The designation took effect September 1, 2025.
What does it do?
HB2143 designates the portion of FM1097 in Montgomery County between I-45 and Lake Conroe Hills Drive as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway. The memorial name is additional to any other designation; it does not rename all of FM1097. Final law.
TxDOT must design and construct identifying markers and erect them at the ends and appropriate intermediate locations, subject to grant or donation funding covering initial design, construction and erection costs. Existing law also assigns TxDOT marker repair, replacement and grounds maintenance. The act includes an instruction to renumber the new section to avoid duplicate statutory numbering. Final law, Sections 1–2; Transportation Code 225.021.
The designation took effect September 1, 2025. It does not authorize highway widening, change traffic rules or establish that the signs have already been installed. Final law, Section 3.
What changed along the way?
The introduced, House committee, House-passed, Senate committee and enrolled texts retain the same substantive designation, route boundaries, marker provisions and effective date. The official index reports no amendments, and there was no conference. The House passed the bill April 15 and the Senate May 9; the governor signed May 24. Introduced; all versions; amendment index; history.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
The memorial provides public recognition of Lenz and a named landmark for the community. Donors or grant funding bear initial marker costs; TxDOT retains the existing maintenance responsibilities. The law does not create a cash benefit for a family or a new veterans’ program. Final law; marker law.
The latest fiscal note anticipated no significant state fiscal impact, with costs absorbed using existing resources, and no local-government fiscal impact. This is not a finding that memorial signs have no cost. May 2 fiscal note.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
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