Runs from Farm-to-Market Road 2019 to the Ector-Winkler County line.
The bill names a stretch of State Highway 302 in Ector County, from Farm-to-Market Road 2019 to the Ector-Winkler County line, the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers showing the new name, subject to an existing condition in state law. On the ground, drivers will see memorial signs at each end of the road and at points along it starting September 1, 2025.
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 302 in
Ector County as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Runs from Farm-to-Market Road 2019 to the Ector-Winkler County line.
The bill names a stretch of State Highway 302 in Ector County, from Farm-to-Market Road 2019 to the Ector-Winkler County line, the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers showing the new name, subject to an existing condition in state law. On the ground, drivers will see memorial signs at each end of the road and at points along it starting September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Sparks moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1708 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 Sparks moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1708 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.
Witnesses12
For
11
Against
0
On
1
Names
For
CLEAT1 registration
Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Game Warden Peace Officer Association1 registration
Game Warden Peace Officers Assoc.1 registration
Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)1 registration
Self1 registration
Sheriffs' Association of Texas1 registration
Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association1 registration
Texas DPSOA1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)2 registrations
On
Texas DPS1 registration
Sources
12 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 13 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
ECTOR COUNTY
Highways
SIGNS
TROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (S09OO)
TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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The text as introduced · 162 words
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By: Landgraf
H.B. No. 1708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 302 in
Ector County as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez 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. TROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 302 in Ector County
between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2019 and the
Ector-Winkler County line is designated as the Trooper Kevin
Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez 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 