---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating April as Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
description: "Designating April as Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HCR 46"
citation: "Texas HCR 46 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["BEACH SAFETY & RIP CURRENT AWARENESS MONTH (HY9VE)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Hunter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9858f24-11d9-4f81-b2c3-93725cc899e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 46.xml"
source_hash: "76b245f84ac0a0b7740c8c6ec101a795f39cee2c1e391de64a5b8fddab849931"
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 46 (87) — Designating April as Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

## 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/HC00046I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00046E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00046H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00046S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00046F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-21** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-11** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** 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/f9858f24-11d9-4f81-b2c3-93725cc899e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).