---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2061"
citation: "Texas HB 2061 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRIDGES & CAUSEWAYS (S0277)", "Highways (I0390)", "LANCE CORPORAL ARMANDO HERNANDEZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE (SZ8S0)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Holt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb6ef33-817f-4090-89bd-356c09b71dff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2061.xml"
source_hash: "7581387f5b411893a238f8e6745981c3e723b10931f26a10309fd847d080e165"
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 2061 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge.

## 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/HB02061I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02061E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02061H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02061S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02061F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Holt — primary (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-07** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in s/c `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-09** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/3bb6ef33-817f-4090-89bd-356c09b71dff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).