---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1968"
citation: "Texas HB 1968 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "OFFICER CHARLES WHITES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SD4UK)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY (G1525)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Caroline", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fa96c9-e36b-4a27-9b64-e0c85addd1d0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1968.xml"
source_hash: "950ecd6760c943f48a22c00362e301ad4160c8dac532a1fdc38a5236de8d7386"
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 1968 (88) — Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01968I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01968E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01968H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01968S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01968F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fa96c9-e36b-4a27-9b64-e0c85addd1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).