---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1369"
citation: "Texas SB 1369 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMY STAFF SERGEANT SAMUEL T. CASTLE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SN7V8)", "Highways (I0390)", "MORRIS COUNTY (G95AJ)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f8b609-89f5-4766-a286-1cc95fcd3290"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1369.xml"
source_hash: "32b4ae765e22b138d44fa9d3c8608964cbf990dbbf6432884877fb73527e8cdb"
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 1369 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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/SB01369I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01369E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01369H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01369S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01369F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** 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/29f8b609-89f5-4766-a286-1cc95fcd3290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).