---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County as the D. R. \"Tom\" Uher Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County as the D. R. \"Tom\" Uher Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4727"
citation: "Texas HB 4727 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MATAGORDA COUNTY (G0833)", "Highways (I0390)", "D. R. \\\"TOM\\\" UHER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0915)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bedc0a8-d4a2-49c0-a776-75af2a3d0e5f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4727.xml"
source_hash: "0918216c321834cb5aff33ad09b78f57d686ee088ac8547c450f1b35fcb3b2fd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 4727 (86) — Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County as the D. R. "Tom" Uher Memorial Highway.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB04727I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-09** Permission to introduce
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bedc0a8-d4a2-49c0-a776-75af2a3d0e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).