---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating San Marcos as the official Mermaid Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
description: "Designating San Marcos as the official Mermaid Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SCR 9"
citation: "Texas SCR 9 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["MERMAID CAPITAL OF TEXAS (NL814)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Capitals (I0716)", "SAN MARCOS", "CITY OF (G0141)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zaffirini", "Zwiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e5c8d3-d645-4c4e-a5d8-dd5180db9375"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 9.xml"
source_hash: "2f27f0372ce70c32abe16ebcdcab4b2e7fecabd37b2670f2f498cba127101f7b"
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 9 (87) — Designating San Marcos as the official Mermaid Capital of Texas 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/SC00009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00009F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **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 Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-08** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-08** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** 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/13e5c8d3-d645-4c4e-a5d8-dd5180db9375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).