---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2024"
citation: "Texas SB 2024 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BELL COUNTY (G0130)", "Highways (I0390)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "TROOPER TOM NIPPER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0875)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Buckley", "Shine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d80ad34b-d898-4a91-ad0a-a3caaf222995"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2024.xml"
source_hash: "11c07fb5c27fd590086ae664d3912308a11b0cc6836317f7c4bde0f55bab81aa"
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 SB 2024 (86) — Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper 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/SB02024I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** 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
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **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
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d80ad34b-d898-4a91-ad0a-a3caaf222995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).