---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence \"BB\" Sasser Medal of Honor Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence \"BB\" Sasser Medal of Honor Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Texas HB 227 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRAZORIA COUNTY (G0077)", "CLARENCE \\\"BB\\\" SASSER MEDAL OF HONOR HIGHWAY (SB4QG)", "Highways (I0390)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Bonnen", "Middleton", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/672ef634-988b-4a1c-b727-b6d093a11370"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 227.xml"
source_hash: "d6a64849c9c6612645658306d0e748bbcebe0f6b96ac2e8377023fc0abce1ee4"
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 227 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence "BB" Sasser Medal of Honor 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00227I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00227E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00227H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00227S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00227F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-03-26** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/672ef634-988b-4a1c-b727-b6d093a11370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).