---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paying tribute to the lives of the physicians and other health care workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Paying tribute to the lives of the physicians and other health care workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HCR 77"
citation: "Texas HCR 77 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Resolutions--Memorial (I0710)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliverson", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1707fc91-956d-4edd-b898-48e6147779a2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 77.xml"
source_hash: "b03b1edd5f42b2f419547e011709369736f3f01f7055e1fba3d03d5627eaecb4"
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 77 (87) — Paying tribute to the lives of the physicians and other health care workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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/HC00077I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00077F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the House
- **2021-04-09** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2021-04-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-04-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-04-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-08** 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/1707fc91-956d-4edd-b898-48e6147779a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).