Monitoring the Session

HB 4880

bill makes TxDOT pull work zone signs within three days

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Mike OlcottRHouse 60

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 sign requirements for construction or maintenance work zones.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Work ends or pauses, the speed limit signs come down.

The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation to take down, or make someone take down, work zone speed limit signs within three days after construction or maintenance work ends or is paused. It touches TxDOT, its road contractors, and drivers who pass through work zones. Lowered work zone speed limits should stop lingering on roads where no work is happening.

Labels

Labels: QUICK READ: 105 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 105 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Transportation committee 13-0 on May 7, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 14, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4880 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Mike OlcottRHouse 60

ITEM

relating to sign requirements for construction or maintenance work zones.

WHAT IT DOES

Work ends or pauses, the speed limit signs come down.

The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation to take down, or make someone take down, work zone speed limit signs within three days after construction or maintenance work ends or is paused. It touches TxDOT, its road contractors, and drivers who pass through work zones. Lowered work zone speed limits should stop lingering on roads where no work is happening.

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 · April 21, 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. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
  14. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Mike Olcott

Donors

Darlene Pendery$300,000Guy and Helen Mabee$100,800Guy Mabee$50,000

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 10, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Darlene Pendery$300,000.00
Guy and Helen Mabee$100,800.00
Guy Mabee$50,000.00
Money

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

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses9
For
7
Against
1
On
1
Names

For

  • Self4 registrations
  • Self; True Texas Project1 registration
  • Self; True texas project2 registrations

Against

  • Self; True Texas Project1 registration

On

  • Texas Department of Transportation1 registration
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 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 · April 21, 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 Mar 13, 2025

05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 13 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment

Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road

CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS

SIGNS

SPEED LIMITS

Text

The text as introduced · 105 words

89R14762 AJZ-D

By: Olcott
H.B. No. 4880

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to sign requirements for construction or maintenance work

zones.

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

SECTION 1. Section 201.908, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) The department shall remove or require the removal of a

sign that restricts the speed limit in a construction or

maintenance work zone not later than the third day after the date

the construction or maintenance work is completed or has been

temporarily suspended.

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