Monitoring the Session

HB 1398

Bill extends roadside memorial signs from two years to ten

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Cody HarrisRHouse 8

Initial review · graded Oct 19, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for victims of certain vehicle collisions.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Signs for collision victims stay up ten years.

The bill lets roadside memorial signs for victims of certain vehicle collisions stay up for ten years instead of two. It touches families who apply and pay for these signs and the Texas Department of Transportation, which posts and maintains them. On the ground, signs stay up five times longer, and the state's duty to replace signs it damages, plus the option to replace other damaged signs for a fee, now runs for the full ten years.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Transportation committee 12-0 on May 1, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1398 · 2024-11-19

SOLD BY

Rep. Cody HarrisRHouse 8

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for victims of certain vehicle collisions.

WHAT IT DOES

Signs for collision victims stay up ten years.

The bill lets roadside memorial signs for victims of certain vehicle collisions stay up for ten years instead of two. It touches families who apply and pay for these signs and the Texas Department of Transportation, which posts and maintains them. On the ground, signs stay up five times longer, and the state's duty to replace signs it damages, plus the option to replace other damaged signs for a fee, now runs for the full ten years.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 9, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Transportation
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Reported favorably as substituted
  9. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  10. Committee report distributed
  11. Committee report sent to Calendars
  12. Considered in Calendars
  13. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

Beats not yet reviewed.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Cody Harris

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$131KTexas Sands PAC$59KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$53K

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 31, 2024 to Oct 22, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$131,199.90

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$131,199.90

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$66,199.90
Total
$131,199.90
grassroots $56,899.90polling $9,300.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 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: 101008254, 101028696, 101039343, 101067574.

Texas Sands PAC$58,800.00

Texas Sands PAC

$58,800.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$16,300.00
Total
$58,800.00
polling $16,300.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 22, 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: 100985564, 101028696, 101039343, 101071425.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$52,590.39

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$52,590.39

Cash
$45,000.00
Paid by others
$7,590.39
Total
$52,590.39
digital $5,420.63text $1,960.28Other filed descriptions $209.48

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 · Dec 11, 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: 100985564, 101008254, 101028696, 101035469, 101039343, 101057705, 101067574.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$131,199.90

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$66,199.90
Total
$131,199.90
grassroots $56,899.90polling $9,300.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 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: 101008254, 101028696, 101039343, 101067574.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$58,800.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$16,300.00
Total
$58,800.00
polling $16,300.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 22, 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: 100985564, 101028696, 101039343, 101071425.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$52,590.39

Cash
$45,000.00
Paid by others
$7,590.39
Total
$52,590.39
digital $5,420.63text $1,960.28Other filed descriptions $209.48

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 · Dec 11, 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: 100985564, 101008254, 101028696, 101035469, 101039343, 101057705, 101067574.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses7
For
4
Against
1
On
2
Names

For

  • Be A Blake Foundation1 registration
  • Self2 registrations
  • Self; Ally Rocks 4051 registration

Against

  • Self1 registration

On

  • Texas Department of Transportation2 registrations
Sources

7 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 significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 9, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

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 19, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 19, 2024

05/15/2025 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.

Coauthors
Greg BonnenRHouse 24

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 12 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Highways

Vehicles & Traffic--DWI & DUID

MOTORCYCLES

SIGNS

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TEXAS

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 235 words

89R672 DRS-D

By: Harris
H.B. No. 1398

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for

victims of certain vehicle collisions.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 201.909(e), (f), and (g),

Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(e) If the application meets the department's requirements

and the applicant pays the memorial sign fee, the department shall

erect a sign. A sign posted under this section may remain posted for

ten [ two ] years. At the end of the ten-year [ two-year ] period the

department may release the sign to the applicant. The department is

not required to release a sign that has been damaged.

(f) A sign posted under this section that is damaged shall

be removed by the department. Except as provided in Subsection (g),

the department may post a new sign if it has been less than ten [ two ]

years from the posting of the original sign and a person:

(1) submits a written request to the department to

replace the sign; and

(2) submits a replacement fee in the amount provided

under Subsection (d)(2).

(g) During the ten-year [ two-year ] posting period the

department shall replace a sign posted under this section that is

damaged because of the department's negligence.

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