---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the creation and appointment of joint legislative study committees by the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House of Representatives."
description: "Authorizing the creation and appointment of joint legislative study committees by the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House of Representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SCR 22"
citation: "Texas SCR 22 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Interim Studies (I0448)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8532c219-a693-4b20-b64b-a89409134909"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 22.xml"
source_hash: "66c939d682fe0481caaa5472de2c7b8d6cada17f9872db749d4ef2cd93e7a80c"
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 22 (88) — Authorizing the creation and appointment of joint legislative study committees by the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House of Representatives.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SC00022I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00022E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00022H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00022S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00022F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to House Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-28** Rules suspended
- **2023-05-28** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** 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/8532c219-a693-4b20-b64b-a89409134909`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).