---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating February 26 as Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2019."
description: "Designating February 26 as Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 42"
citation: "Texas HCR 42 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["BONE MARROW", "BLOOD", "AND ORGAN DONATION REGISTRY DAY (H1658)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Davis, Sarah", "Morrison", "Turner, Chris", "Wu", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cdfe08-443f-4282-a7ce-10c3d50dddd0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 42.xml"
source_hash: "d50bd7d4d556c6ecf905c68e0733c13c4abc2d4fd2f5a5eac6aa22fe4bac4609"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HCR 42 (86) — Designating February 26 as Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2019.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HC00042I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Laid before the House
- **2019-04-01** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Record vote
- **2019-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cdfe08-443f-4282-a7ce-10c3d50dddd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).