Monitoring the Session

HB 3354

Bill naming part of Highway 11 for Samuel T. Castle

Companion SB 1369 became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Gary VanDeaverRHouse 1

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 designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Markers go up along the route in Morris County.

The bill names a stretch of State Highway 11 in Morris County, between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs, as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the name, subject to an existing section of the Transportation Code. Drivers on that stretch will see new memorial signs starting after September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3354 · 2025-02-25

SOLD BY

Rep. Gary VanDeaverRHouse 1

ITEM

relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

WHAT IT DOES

Markers go up along the route in Morris County.

The bill names a stretch of State Highway 11 in Morris County, between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs, as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the name, subject to an existing section of the Transportation Code. Drivers on that stretch will see new memorial signs starting after September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 27, 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 s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
  8. Recalled from subcommittee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
  11. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  15. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  16. Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  17. Withdrawn from calendar (by author)
  18. Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
  19. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  20. Transferred to Calendars Committee
  21. Committee report sent to Calendars
  22. Considered in Calendars
  23. Placed on General State Calendar
  24. Read 2nd time
  25. Postponed 5/5/25 10:00 AM
  26. Companion considered in lieu of SB 1369
  27. Laid on the table subject to call
ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 95%

THE TEXT

…“is designated as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only operative act is to give a highway segment a memorial name and order signs for it.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Gary VanDeaver

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC Austin TX$15,000
HEB PAC San Antonio TX$5,000
Jason Itkin Arnold Itkin Houston TX$5,000

Derived from itemized gifts, Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

$67,121 raised in 4 of 4 reports since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure. Partial total. Regular reports do not cover Aug 15, 2025 to Sep 4, 2025.

$104,472 spent since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

$35,071 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

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

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses2
For
2
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • Self; VFW Department of Texas1 registration
  • The American Legion, Dept of Texas1 registration
Sources

2 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 I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 27, 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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 25, 2025

05/05/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call

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.

House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1369 by Hughes (identical)

Subjects

MORRIS COUNTY (G95AJ)

Highways

Military & Veterans

ARMY STAFF SERGEANT SAMUEL T. CASTLE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SN7V8)

SIGNS

Text

The text as introduced · 212 words

89R12973 CXP-F

By: VanDeaver
H.B. No. 3354

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in

Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT SAMUEL T. CASTLE MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County

between the eastern municipal limits of Daingerfield and the

western municipal limits of Hughes Springs is designated as the

Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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 Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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.