---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Texas SB 228 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROOKS COUNTY (G0287)", "Highways (I0390)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "CORPORAL ROEL GARCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0876)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be67e198-7bc7-4f50-a3a9-dde8bd725dc6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 228.xml"
source_hash: "737fb36d502096d3ccb2bfcfb8cdf47681ec4e5e9b681b7458ff0461d4404c7a"
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 228 (86) — Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia 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/SB00228I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-13** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be67e198-7bc7-4f50-a3a9-dde8bd725dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).