---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge."
description: "Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1422"
citation: "Texas SB 1422 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRIDGES & CAUSEWAYS (S0277)", "Highways (I0390)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN BRIDGE (SN1EX)", "PETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE (SO4G8)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "UPSHUR COUNTY (G67ES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324c20cd-d7c1-4290-b133-f1b2a93d4432"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1422.xml"
source_hash: "49a81d7be783f841664cba235108725365218a16045c54991ecb9b3f75e86c9e"
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 1422 (89R) — Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen 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/SB01422I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01422E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01422H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01422S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01422F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-19** 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`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-07** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-12** Read
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-14** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** 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/324c20cd-d7c1-4290-b133-f1b2a93d4432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).