HB 1026

bill orders upkeep on the Eagle Pass to Laredo route

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the maintenance of certain roads near the Texas-Mexico border.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Farm-to-Market Road 1021 included.

The bill orders the Texas Department of Transportation to keep a state highway route between Eagle Pass and Laredo, including Farm-to-Market Road 1021, maintained well enough to support economic development and border security. It touches the department and the communities and travelers along that border corridor. Starting September 1, 2025, the department carries a standing duty to maintain that specific route, though the text sets no standard, deadline or funding beyond "sufficiently maintained."

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3919 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3919 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.QUICK READ: 107 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 107 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee 9-0 on May 2, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 14, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1026 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Eddie MoralesDHouse 74

Rep. Ryan GuillenRHouse 31

Rep. Richard Peña RaymondDHouse 42

+ 1 more author

ITEM

relating to the maintenance of certain roads near the Texas-Mexico border.

WHAT IT DOES

Farm-to-Market Road 1021 included.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 7, 2025

Because detailed feasibility and cost study information is not available, the cost to the State to implement the bill cannot be determined at this time.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 7, 2025Read first time
Mar 7, 2025Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker
Apr 28, 2025Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
Apr 28, 2025Considered by s/c in public hearing
Apr 28, 2025Committee substitute considered in s/c
Apr 28, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
Apr 28, 2025Left pending in subcommittee
May 2, 2025Recalled from subcommittee
May 2, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 2, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
May 2, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 10, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 10, 2025Committee report distributed
May 10, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 12, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 14, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Eddie Morales

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$101K Legacy 44$100K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$57K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$101,077.16

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$101,077.16

Cash: $80,000.00
Paid by others: $21,077.16
Total: $101,077.16

mailers $21,077.16

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101059340, 101067651, 101071574.

Legacy 44$100,000.00

Legacy 44

$100,000.00

Cash: $30,000.00
Paid by others: $70,000.00
Total: $100,000.00

digital $70,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101067651.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$56,517.22

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$56,517.22

Cash: $37,500.00
Paid by others: $19,017.22
Total: $56,517.22

mail $18,992.22grassroots $25.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 2, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101031005, 101067651.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$101,077.16

Cash: $80,000.00
Paid by others: $21,077.16
Total: $101,077.16

mailers $21,077.16

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101059340, 101067651, 101071574.

Legacy 44

$100,000.00

Cash: $30,000.00
Paid by others: $70,000.00
Total: $100,000.00

digital $70,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101067651.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$56,517.22

Cash: $37,500.00
Paid by others: $19,017.22
Total: $56,517.22

mail $18,992.22grassroots $25.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 2, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100983216, 101031005, 101067651.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses2

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

Self1 registration

On

Texas Department of Transportation1 registration

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 7, 2025

Because detailed feasibility and cost study information is not available, the cost to the State to implement the bill cannot be determined at this time.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 3919

by Rep. Eddie Morales, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 20, 2023: Referred to Transportation

Relating to the maintenance of certain roads near an international border.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

DIMMIT COUNTY

MAVERICK COUNTY

WEBB COUNTY

Highways

BORDER

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 107 words

89R2287 JRR-D

By: Morales of Maverick
H.B. No. 1026

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the maintenance of certain roads near the Texas-Mexico

border.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Transportation Code, is amended by

adding Section 250.003 to read as follows:

Sec. 250.003. MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ROADS. The department

shall ensure that a route in the state highway system, including

Farm-to-Market Road 1021, between Eagle Pass and Laredo is

sufficiently maintained to allow for economic development and the

provision of border security along the route.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.