---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging the president to designate a state funeral for the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II."
description: "Urging the president to designate a state funeral for the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SCR 59"
citation: "Texas SCR 59 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a147ec-5024-45e6-90cd-a762e8cb8b05"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 59.xml"
source_hash: "b92b2df130a05f4adaaf303fe795389037c793bbfe6dd0234f5be48edf35e389"
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 SCR 59 (86) — Urging the president to designate a state funeral for the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.

## 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/SC00059I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-04-01** Permission to introduce
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the House
- **2019-05-22** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** 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/39a147ec-5024-45e6-90cd-a762e8cb8b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).