Monitoring the Session

HB 3208

bill putting up highway signs for the Koreatown District

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Rafael AnchíaDHouse 103

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the installation by the Texas Department of Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Signs at Royal Lane and Luna Road exits by September 1, 2026.

The bill orders the Texas Department of Transportation to put up and maintain highway signs pointing drivers to the Koreatown District in Northwest Dallas by September 1, 2026. The signs go at the Royal Lane exits on Interstate 35E and the Luna Road exits on Interstate 635. The signs must follow state and federal traffic sign manuals, and the law takes effect September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2348 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2348 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Transportation committee 10-0 on May 1, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3208 · 2025-02-21

SOLD BY

+ 1 more author, 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the installation by the Texas Department of Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.

WHAT IT DOES

Signs at Royal Lane and Luna Road exits by September 1, 2026.

The bill orders the Texas Department of Transportation to put up and maintain highway signs pointing drivers to the Koreatown District in Northwest Dallas by September 1, 2026. The signs go at the Royal Lane exits on Interstate 35E and the Luna Road exits on Interstate 635. The signs must follow state and federal traffic sign manuals, and the law takes effect September 1, 2025.

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 11, 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
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donors

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 · Jul 30, 2024 to Oct 20, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 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: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.$13,500.00

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash
$13,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 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: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Blackridge$12,000.00

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 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: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 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: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

×

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash
$13,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 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: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

×

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 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: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses13
For
11
Against
0
On
2
Names

For

  • City of Dallas1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; DFW KAD (Korean Adoptee)1 registration
  • Self; Korean American Chamber of Commerce North Texas1 registration
  • Self; Korean Association of Dallas1 registration
  • Self; Korean Society of Dallas1 registration
  • Self; Lazo America1 registration
  • Self; President, Council of K-Elders and Advisor to the North Texas Korean American Chamber of Commerce1 registration
  • Self; TexasN.com (Korean American Media)1 registration
  • Self; The Korean American Association of Dallas1 registration
  • Unforgotten Butterflies and Dallas Korean Cultural Foundation1 registration

On

  • Texas Department of Transportation2 registrations
Sources

13 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 11, 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 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 2348

by Rep. Anchía, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Transportation

Relating to the installation by the Texas Department of Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 21, 2025

05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 2316 by Parker (identical)

Subjects

DALLAS, CITY OF

Highways

SIGNS

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 161 words

89R13847 JAM-F

By: Anchía
H.B. No. 3208

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the installation by the Texas Department of

Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.

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

SECTION 1. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section

and not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas Department of

Transportation shall erect and maintain highway signs guiding road

users to the Koreatown District in the Northwest Dallas

neighborhood of Dallas from the following routes:

(1) the exits for Royal Lane from northbound and

southbound Interstate Highway 35E; and

(2) the exits for Luna Road from eastbound and

westbound Interstate Highway 635.

(b) A sign erected under this section may not violate the

Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the Manual on

Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the United States

Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

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