---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating Southwest Airlines on its 50th anniversary."
description: "Congratulating Southwest Airlines on its 50th anniversary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HCR 70"
citation: "Texas HCR 70 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)", "SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (NR181)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c99e07-5c43-49d3-a05b-1b6344c918e1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 70.xml"
source_hash: "217329304b861d83f9ba976a057655ca4c2b63bf0590c5b79cbbb2d836b9a3c6"
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 70 (87) — Congratulating Southwest Airlines on its 50th anniversary.

## 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/HC00070I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00070F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Laid before the House
- **2021-03-25** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2021-03-30** Senate passage reported
- **2021-03-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-04-01** Signed in the House
- **2021-04-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-04-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** 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/66c99e07-5c43-49d3-a05b-1b6344c918e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).