---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing an America 250 state commission."
description: "Establishing an America 250 state commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SCR 23"
citation: "Texas SCR 23 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["AMERICA 250 STATE COMMISSION (N25YF)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e813b5e4-08fa-4254-a1bc-ca90e69eccd7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 23.xml"
source_hash: "31989f5887d67d44cb954683d0e5d8561fb936fb5543c59da6bd2154f88507ad"
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 SCR 23 (87) — Establishing an America 250 state 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/SC00023I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00023E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00023H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00023S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00023F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-14** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Adopted as amended
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-18** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-18** Read
- **2021-05-18** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** 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/e813b5e4-08fa-4254-a1bc-ca90e69eccd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).