Monitoring the Session

SB 2841

bill adding oversize truck routes to the Port of Brownsville

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

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 the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Permit routes for oversize and overweight trucks, to and from the port.

The bill rewrites the state rule that tells the transportation commission which roads oversize and overweight trucks may use under permits issued by a border-county port authority, adding new route options to and from the Port of Brownsville. It touches the Port of Brownsville, the trucking companies hauling heavy loads between the Gateway, Veterans and Free Trade international bridges and the port, and the state commission that sets the routes with the port's consent. On the ground, heavy-haul permits can use added corridors such as US 77 and 83 with the East Loop, and a listed set of farm-to-market roads and state highways from the Free Trade bridge, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the Senate Transportation committee 8-0 on Apr 23, 2025. Placed on the intent calendar on May 5, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2841 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

ITEM

relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

WHAT IT DOES

Permit routes for oversize and overweight trucks, to and from the port.

The bill rewrites the state rule that tells the transportation commission which roads oversize and overweight trucks may use under permits issued by a border-county port authority, adding new route options to and from the Port of Brownsville. It touches the Port of Brownsville, the trucking companies hauling heavy loads between the Gateway, Veterans and Free Trade international bridges and the port, and the state commission that sets the routes with the port's consent. On the ground, heavy-haul permits can use added corridors such as US 77 and 83 with the East Loop, and a listed set of farm-to-market roads and state highways from the Free Trade bridge, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 23, 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. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Transportation
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Vote taken in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  13. Committee report printed and distributed
  14. Placed on intent calendar
  15. Not again placed on intent calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Adam Hinojosa

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100KMayes Middleton$34,597Greg Abbott Campaign$33K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to May 5, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Mayes Middleton$34,596.72
Greg Abbott Campaign$33,489.82

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. 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.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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.

Report IDs: 100989239.

×

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. 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.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses5
For
3
Against
0
On
2
Names

For

  • Port of Brownsville3 registrations

On

  • Texas Department of Transportation1 registration
  • Texas Trucking Association1 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.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 23, 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 Senate · Filed Mar 14, 2025

05/25/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report

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

Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Companion

HB 5218 by Lopez, Janie (identical)

Subjects

BROWNSVILLE, PORT OF (DT0VS)

Coastal Affairs & Beaches

Highways

BORDER

BRIDGES & CAUSEWAYS

PERMITS

VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT

TRANSPORTATION, COMMISSIONER OF

Text

The text as introduced · 216 words

By: Hinojosa of Nueces
S.B. No. 2841

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for

the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a

deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

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

SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a

county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission

shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most

direct route [ from ]:

(1) between the Gateway International Bridge or the

Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the

Port of Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States

Highways 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United

States Highway 83, EastLoopCorridor,andStateHighway4;

and

(2) between the Free Trade International Bridge and

[ to ]:

(A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using

Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83,

Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State

Highway 32)

SECTION 2. This bill is applicable only to the designated

routes for the Port of Brownsville.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.