---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Texas HB 1838 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITUS COUNTY (G1851)", "Highways (I0390)", "TITUS COUNTY KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0892)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9034e40-e03d-473e-acd7-44eb23532319"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1838.xml"
source_hash: "b612615135303b11e6be11176fbd42c9a836f845bf2a6e0dcb091eeee875c56a"
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 1838 (86) — Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans 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/HB01838I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** 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/d9034e40-e03d-473e-acd7-44eb23532319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).