---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating John Cortelyou on his retirement as Camp County constable."
description: "Congratulating John Cortelyou on his retirement as Camp County constable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 63"
citation: "Texas HCR 63 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)", "CORTELYOU", "JOHN (NK576)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e5717a7-ba5f-43cb-be2d-69065248d6ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 63.xml"
source_hash: "84e90efd1ab3efc94ee926eb214c36e9e3fdf9568bba17477c8b4fb2b08b9cc1"
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 63 (86) — Congratulating John Cortelyou on his retirement as Camp County constable.

## 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/HC00063I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Rules suspended
- **2019-02-12** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Read & adopted `passage, introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Senate passage reported
- **2019-02-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-02-13** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-02-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-20** 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/7e5717a7-ba5f-43cb-be2d-69065248d6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).