---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing James R. Cowart on the occasion of his retirement."
description: "Recognizing James R. Cowart on the occasion of his retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SCR 8"
citation: "Texas SCR 8 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)", "COWART", "JAMES R. (NK469)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824fb039-d597-405d-ab44-54250639cbb0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 8.xml"
source_hash: "4063b31e3d376f9e58aa94fb41a01512e2298a1ae823ea1d48a53d9ab2ea41cb"
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 8 (86) — Recognizing James R. Cowart on the occasion of his retirement.

## 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/SC00008I.HTM)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read & adopted `passage, introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Laid before the House
- **2019-03-06** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-06** House passage reported
- **2019-03-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-03-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-03-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-03-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/824fb039-d597-405d-ab44-54250639cbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).