---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Sergeant Tom Sitton Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Sergeant Tom Sitton Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1779"
citation: "Texas HB 1779 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NACOGDOCHES COUNTY (G8879)", "Highways (I0390)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "SERGEANT TOM SITTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0871)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b384471-d075-48da-9999-1c63780f4222"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1779.xml"
source_hash: "60571bdf38601c9251537dba2f048400acb28a507635f4854f52d984f7cfd480"
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 1779 (86) — Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Sergeant Tom Sitton 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/HB01779I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** 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/5b384471-d075-48da-9999-1c63780f4222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).