---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approving the SNAP settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission."
description: "Approving the SNAP settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HCR 54"
citation: "Texas HCR 54 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["DEPT. OF JUSTICE", "U.S. (V0409)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Food Programs (I0910)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Meza"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3a777c-df96-4a37-ba26-57b475682d6b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 54.xml"
source_hash: "2237f877463a457acf75a96ded68e3b0aee43f642dedee1ccef6f4ea16c662ab"
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 54 (87) — Approving the SNAP settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

## 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/HC00054I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00054E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00054H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00054S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00054F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-14** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Health & Human Services `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
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Not again placed on intent 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
- **2021-05-30** 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`
- **2021-06-18** 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/7d3a777c-df96-4a37-ba26-57b475682d6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).