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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas allows local authorities to install temporary traffic-control devices on state highways without prior permission during outages
Last action · May 14, 2025: Committee report sent to CalendarsSponsors: Cody Vasut and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the authority of a local authority to install a temporary traffic-control device on certain highways.
Changes emergency response and local road management rules for city and county governments overseeing state-maintained roadways within their boundaries.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
local authority
Local authorities gain the legal ability to install temporary traffic-control devices on state highways without prior permission under specific outage conditions.
Texas Department of Transportation
The department receives notification requirements when local authorities place temporary traffic-control devices on highways under its jurisdiction.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When can a local authority install a temporary traffic-control device without state permission?
What obligations does a local authority have after placing a temporary device?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
15 actions- May 14, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- May 13, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- May 13, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- May 6, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- May 6, 2025HouseVote reconsidered in committee
- May 6, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Show 9 earlier actions
- May 6, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
- Apr 29, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Apr 29, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Apr 29, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Apr 29, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Apr 25, 2025HousePosting rule suspended
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Transportation
- Mar 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Dec 16, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Full breakdown
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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