The bill names Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers, subject to an existing condition in Section 225.021(c). Drivers on that road will see new memorial signs at each end and along the route, and nothing else changes.
relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola
County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Markers go up along Farm-to-Market Road 10.
The bill names Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers, subject to an existing condition in Section 225.021(c). Drivers on that road will see new memorial signs at each end and along the route, and nothing else changes.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
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 3832): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 137 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 5 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 1230 (Hughes) Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
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.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 1230 (Hughes) Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
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.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
SB 1230 (Hughes) Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses5
For
5
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
CLEAT1 registration
Game Warden Peace Officers Assoc.1 registration
Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)1 registration
Sheriffs' Association of Texas1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 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.
DEPUTY SHERIFF CHRIS DICKERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SS1MZ)
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TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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The text as introduced · 183 words
89R9821 AND-D
By: Hughes
S.B. No. 1230
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola
County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson 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. DEPUTY SHERIFF CHRIS DICKERSON MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County is designated
as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson 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 Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson 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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