HB 5216 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo County as the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua Memorial Highway.

HB 5216 designates a specific segment of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo County (between Farm-to-Market Road 88 and Farm-to-Market Road 493) as the "Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua Memorial Highway." The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation to install markers at both ends of the highway and at intermediate points, with the designation adding to any existing highway designations. This is a procedural memorialization bill with no substantive policy changes, solely honoring a Border Patrol agent through highway naming.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action May 13, 2025
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Committee
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May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
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May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
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May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Mando Martinez
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