---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day."
description: "Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1057"
citation: "Texas HB 1057 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays (I0395)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton", "Hefner", "Oliverson", "Parker", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e41f76ac-9f09-46a4-adae-d5387b01830d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1057.xml"
source_hash: "5e5020861e38fa05e6b682745e83b28985833d14b4da93c35d094cbd2d20bb07"
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 HB 1057 (87) — Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01057I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01057E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01057H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01057S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01057F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) submitted
- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e41f76ac-9f09-46a4-adae-d5387b01830d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).