---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project."
description: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2497"
citation: "Texas HB 2497 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--General (I0255)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Governor (I0375)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Lambert", "Landgraf", "Metcalf", "Oliverson", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8770a4ea-6e28-4eb4-b542-8a827b794932"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2497.xml"
source_hash: "d5b5a805729e2e4aa98de1556211fc11e9228304cc8fecb9aa3a1ba317508630"
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 2497 (87) — Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project.

## 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/HB02497I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–19** (pass) · lower
- other — **133–13** (fail) · upper
- passage — **133–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/8770a4ea-6e28-4eb4-b542-8a827b794932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).