Markers go up between County Road 304 and Huppergate Road in Brooks County.
The bill names a stretch of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County, between County Road 304 and Huppergate Road, the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the name, subject to an existing condition in state law. On the ground, drivers on that stretch will see new memorial signs starting after September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.
Labels
Labels: CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Ryan Guillen (R) in the House. Lead sponsor Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (D) in the Senate. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the
Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Markers go up between County Road 304 and Huppergate Road in Brooks County.
The bill names a stretch of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County, between County Road 304 and Huppergate Road, the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the name, subject to an existing condition in state law. On the ground, drivers on that stretch will see new memorial signs starting after September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator J. Hinojosa moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1242 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator J. Hinojosa moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1242 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 552): 125 Yeas, 6 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 131 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 3 (published)
Absent: 9 (derived from named list)
Excused: 7 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses2
For
2
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
173rd Airborne Brigade1 registration
Self1 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.
89R353 SRA-D
By: Guillen
H.B. No. 1242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the
Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.243 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.243. ERNESTO SOLIZ CANTU MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County between its
intersection with County Road 304 and Huppergate Road is designated
as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway and any
other appropriate information; and
(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at
appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Monitoring 