Texas HB 1242: Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.

Status: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development (as of 2023-04-27)

State: Texas · Session: 88 · Bill: HB 1242

Subjects: Family--Parent & Child (I0355), Labor--Unemployment (I0475), WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS (V0470)

Sponsors: Hernandez

Bill Text

89(R) HB 1242 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 1242

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the 

  

 Ernesto Soliz Cantu 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 225.251 to read as follows:

  

        Sec. 225.251.  ERNESTO SOLIZ CANTU MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) 

  

 The portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County between its 

  

 intersection with County Road 304 and Huppergate Road is designated 

  

 as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.

  

        (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

  

              (1)  design and construct markers indicating the 

  

 designation as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 1242 was passed by the House on April 

   

 25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 0, 3 present, not 

   

 voting.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House   

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 1242 was passed by the Senate on May 

   

 19, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Secretary of the Senate    

   

 APPROVED:  _____________________

   

                    Date          

   

  

   

           _____________________

   

                  Governor       

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