---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 173 in Bandera County as the Master Sergeant Rodney Lee Buentello Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 173 in Bandera County as the Master Sergeant Rodney Lee Buentello Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2431"
citation: "Texas HB 2431 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANDERA COUNTY (GR3P8)", "Highways (I0390)", "MASTER SERGEANT RODNEY LEE BUENTELLO MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S248H)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Minjarez", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d0f52e-f27c-47b1-95f9-105d09425d86"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2431.xml"
source_hash: "d7c1c2b278e747f3168b5963452ce69a420434db5387634db6db370b35aefa73"
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 2431 (87) — Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 173 in Bandera County as the Master Sergeant Rodney Lee Buentello Memorial Highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02431I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02431E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02431H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02431S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02431F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d0f52e-f27c-47b1-95f9-105d09425d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).