---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson as the Officer David Sherrard Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson as the Officer David Sherrard Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Texas HB 540 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RICHARDSON", "CITY OF (G0226)", "Highways (I0390)", "OFFICER DAVID SHERRARD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0878)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Canales", "Leach", "Paxton", "Ramos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f81522ce-f606-47db-a9b1-274741d5a5b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 540.xml"
source_hash: "53db8e52f42ba78229e9f627e381ecc8711ed47069c350580015c7e00973a997"
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 540 (86) — Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson as the Officer David Sherrard 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/HB00540I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Record vote
- **2019-03-21** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Senate passage reported
- **2019-04-18** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f81522ce-f606-47db-a9b1-274741d5a5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).