TxDOT designs and puts up markers for the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway.
The bill names the stretch of State Highway 249 in Montgomery County the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers, subject to the existing rule in Section 225.021(c). Drivers will see new signs at each end of the highway and at points along it starting September 1, 2025, and nothing else changes.
relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 249 in
Montgomery County as the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway.
WHAT IT DOES
TxDOT designs and puts up markers for the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway.
The bill names the stretch of State Highway 249 in Montgomery County the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers, subject to the existing rule in Section 225.021(c). Drivers will see new signs at each end of the highway and at points along it starting September 1, 2025, 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 Bettencourt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 767 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 Bettencourt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 767 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.
Witnesses2
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Against
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On
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Names
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Game Warden Peace Officers Assoc.1 registration
Sheriffs' Association 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.
89R147 MZM-D
By: Bell of Montgomery
H.B. No. 767
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 249 in
Montgomery County as the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway.
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. PAUL P. MENDES MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) The
portion of State Highway 249 in Montgomery County is designated as
the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway. 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 Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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