---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2790"
citation: "Texas SB 2790 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DALLAS COUNTY (G0044)", "EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S79BW)", "ELLIS COUNTY (G1202)", "Highways (I0390)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Aicha", "Davis, Yvonne", "Rose", "Smithee", "Thompson", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16df6d59-53bd-428b-9257-6b76635d7ee2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02700_SB02799/SB 2790.xml"
source_hash: "be3ec140c33f88ecb5b9a2b73a93752b886f05eaf50082560339b8929aa1812e"
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 2790 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02790I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02790E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02790H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02790S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02790F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Aicha — primary (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/16df6d59-53bd-428b-9257-6b76635d7ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).