---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Texas SB 497 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAVIS COUNTY (G0285)", "Highways (I0390)", "TROOPER CARLOS RAY WARREN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0887)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8919ebd1-9364-404c-a2e9-403c73134c33"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 497.xml"
source_hash: "2f27b2b2950ec85ad581bcc9cf397997d236b6b682ac57665bfe023112a5f953"
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 497 (86) — Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren 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/SB00497I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** 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
- **2019-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-25** Record vote
- **2019-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Record vote
- **2019-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** 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 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/8919ebd1-9364-404c-a2e9-403c73134c33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).