SB 876: U.S. Highway 377 relief route named Bob Cornett Parkway

Caption

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Hood and Johnson Counties as the Bob Cornett Parkway.

Summary

The route around Cresson, in Hood and Johnson Counties.

The bill names the stretch of U.S. Highway 377 being built as a relief route around Cresson, in Hood and Johnson Counties, the Bob Cornett Parkway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the new name, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Nothing else changes on the ground except new signs, starting September 1, 2025.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB876 · 2025-01-22

SOLD BY

Sen. Brian BirdwellRSenate 22

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Hood and Johnson Counties as the Bob Cornett Parkway.

WHAT IT DOES

The route around Cresson, in Hood and Johnson Counties.

The bill names the stretch of U.S. Highway 377 being built as a relief route around Cresson, in Hood and Johnson Counties, the Bob Cornett Parkway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers for the new name, subject to an existing condition in the Transportation Code. Nothing else changes on the ground except new signs, starting September 1, 2025.

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 · May 2, 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

Jan 22, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 22, 2025Filed
Feb 13, 2025Read first time
Feb 13, 2025Referred to Transportation
May 7, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 7, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 7, 2025Vote taken in committee
May 7, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
May 7, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
May 7, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
May 8, 2025Co-author authorized
May 9, 2025Placed on intent calendar
May 12, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
May 12, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
May 12, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
May 12, 2025Three day rule suspended
May 12, 2025Record vote
May 12, 2025Read 3rd time
May 12, 2025Passed
May 12, 2025Record vote
May 12, 2025Reported engrossed
May 12, 2025Received from the Senate
May 14, 2025Read first time
May 14, 2025Referred to Transportation
May 21, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 21, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
May 21, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 23, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 23, 2025Committee report distributed
May 25, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 27, 2025Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
May 28, 2025Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
May 28, 2025Read 2nd time
May 28, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 28, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 28, 2025Read 3rd time
May 28, 2025Passed
May 28, 2025Record vote RV#3832
May 28, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 28, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 29, 2025House passage reported
May 29, 2025Reported enrolled
May 31, 2025Signed in the Senate
Jun 1, 2025Signed in the House
Jun 1, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 95%

THE TEXT

…“in Hood and Johnson Counties is designated as the Bob Cornett Parkway”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only work is naming a highway segment and putting up signs for that name.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 137 yea · 4 nay

Senate · 30 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 28, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 12, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brian Birdwell

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC Austin TX$30,000

Good Government Fund Fort Worth TX$10,000

Texas Oil & Gas Assn. Good Govt. Cmte Austin TX$10,000

Derived from itemized gifts, Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

$353,800 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

$502,039 spent since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

$731,044 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

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

Votes4

House May 28, 2025

Yea: 137
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 2
Excused: 5

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3832

SB 876 (Lowe, Money, Schatzline, and Toth - no) (137 - 4 - 2)

Shared roll motion

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.

Senate May 12, 2025

Yea: 30
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1

Names

GutierrezExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 12, 2025

Yea: 30
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1

Names

GutierrezExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

Senator Birdwell moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 876 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 12, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 1

Names

GutierrezExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.

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: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses1

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Sheriffs' Association of Texas1 registration

Sources

1 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 significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 2, 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 Jan 22, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

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

Coauthors

Phil KingRSenate 10

Companion

HB 2153 by Slawson (identical)

Subjects

HOOD COUNTY

JOHNSON COUNTY

Highways

BOB CORNETT PARKWAY (SC7M7)

SIGNS

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 164 words

89R5559 RDR-D

By: Birdwell
S.B. No. 876

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Hood

and Johnson Counties as the Bob Cornett 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. BOB CORNETT PARKWAY. (a) The portion of U.S.

Highway 377 under construction as of September 1, 2024, as a relief

route around Cresson, in Hood and Johnson Counties is designated as

the Bob Cornett 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 Bob Cornett 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.

Verdict: No flags

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HISTORY

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Donors

House May 28, 2025

Senate May 12, 2025

Senate May 12, 2025

Senate May 12, 2025

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