The bill names a stretch of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County, near La Joya, as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up signs, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Drivers on that stretch will see new memorial markers at each end and along the road starting September 1, 2025.
relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway
83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway.
WHAT IT DOES
Signs go up near La Joya in Hidalgo County.
The bill names a stretch of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County, near La Joya, as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up signs, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Drivers on that stretch will see new memorial markers at each end and along the road starting September 1, 2025.
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 2818): 131 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 130 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (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 1931 (J. Hinojosa) Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez 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 1931 (J. Hinojosa) Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez 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 1931 (J. Hinojosa) Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez 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.
Witnesses2
For
2
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations1 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 committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
HIDALGO COUNTY
Highways
Military & Veterans
SIGNS
SP4 RODOLFO VALDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SH3GZ)
TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
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The text as introduced · 205 words
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By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo
S.B. No. 1931
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway
83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez 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. SP4 RODOLFO VALDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County between its
western and eastern intersections with the U.S. Highway 83 relief
route around La Joya is designated as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez
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 SP4 Rodolfo Valdez 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.
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