---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith County as the Veterans Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith County as the Veterans Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1229"
citation: "Texas SB 1229 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "SMITH COUNTY (GU7BU)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S0645)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alders", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa48b2c-0083-4bc6-8669-3873588e5b31"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1229.xml"
source_hash: "ed3a53f9885dfcacbef45427cb1c7eeeb113a7b53fad4f7b95f3eb77f2df4c12"
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 1229 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith County as the Veterans 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/SB01229I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01229E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01229H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01229S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01229F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alders — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-21** 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/6aa48b2c-0083-4bc6-8669-3873588e5b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).