The stretch runs between Kings Creek Drive and North Frances Street.
The bill names a stretch of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County, between Kings Creek Drive and North Frances Street, the Officer Jacob Candanoza Memorial Highway. It touches the state transportation department, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Drivers will see new memorial signs on that stretch starting after September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in
Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
The stretch runs between Kings Creek Drive and North Frances Street.
The bill names a stretch of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County, between Kings Creek Drive and North Frances Street, the Officer Jacob Candanoza Memorial Highway. It touches the state transportation department, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Drivers will see new memorial signs on that stretch 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 Hall moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2198 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 Hall moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2198 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.
Witnesses9
For
9
Against
0
On
0
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
Terrell Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association and City of Terrell1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)2 registrations
Sources
9 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
KAUFMAN COUNTY
Highways
OFFICER JACOB CANDANOZA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SV07Z)
SIGNS
TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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The text as introduced · 201 words
89R9261 RDR-D
By: Bell of Kaufman
H.B. No. 2198
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in
Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza 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. OFFICER JACOB CANDANOZA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County between its
intersection with Kings Creek Drive and its intersection with North
Frances Street is designated as the Officer Jacob Candanoza
Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
designation.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Officer Jacob Candanoza 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. It is the intention of the 89th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be
renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same
designation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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