Markers go up between State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 962.
The bill names a stretch of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties, between State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 962, the Muckleroy Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to an existing section of the Transportation Code. Nothing else changes on the ground besides the new signs, and the law takes effect September 1, 2025.
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in
Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Markers go up between State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 962.
The bill names a stretch of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties, between State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 962, the Muckleroy Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to an existing section of the Transportation Code. Nothing else changes on the ground besides the new signs, and the law takes effect 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.
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Senator Hancock moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4429 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 Hancock moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4429 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 1985): 128 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 121 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses5
For
4
Against
1
On
0
Names
For
CLEAT1 registration
Self3 registrations
Against
Self1 registration
Sources
5 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
89R13405 MZM-D
By: McQueeney
H.B. No. 4429
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in
Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy 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. MUCKLEROY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion
of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties between its
intersection with State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 962 is designated
as the Muckleroy 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 Muckleroy 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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