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Caption
relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969
in Travis County as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor
Memorial Highway.
Markers go up between Decker Lane and U.S. Highway 183.
The bill names a stretch of FM 969 in Travis County, between Decker Lane and U.S. Highway 183, as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor Memorial Highway. It touches the state transportation department, which must design and put up markers for the name under existing sign-funding rules. On the ground, drivers will see new memorial signs at each end of the stretch and along it, and nothing else changes.
relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969
in Travis County as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor
Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Markers go up between Decker Lane and U.S. Highway 183.
The bill names a stretch of FM 969 in Travis County, between Decker Lane and U.S. Highway 183, as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor Memorial Highway. It touches the state transportation department, which must design and put up markers for the name under existing sign-funding rules. On the ground, drivers will see new memorial signs at each end of the stretch and along it, 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 Eckhardt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2415 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 Eckhardt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2415 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.
Witnesses16
For
16
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
Austin Police Association2 registrations
City of Austin1 registration
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
Self3 registrations
Self; Austin Police Association1 registration
Sheriffs' Association of Texas1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)2 registrations
Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration
Sources
16 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
SENIOR POLICE OFFICER LEWIS "ANDY" TRAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SF8E0)
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TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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The text as introduced · 210 words
89R9953 RDR-D
By: Cole
H.B. No. 2415
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969
in Travis County as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor
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. SENIOR POLICE OFFICER LEWIS "ANDY" TRAYLOR
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969 in
Travis County between its intersection with Decker Lane and its
intersection with U.S. Highway 183 is designated as the Senior
Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor 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 Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor
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 intent 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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