---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023."
description: "Designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SCR 42"
citation: "Texas SCR 42 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)", "SPECIAL HEARTS DAY (HO0LE)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3fad6e1-3d64-4c51-9b9b-94b751ffc035"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 42.xml"
source_hash: "24d4978b043332cc7a01f78fc140e833ff67ee4784838c7e745bdf028a79c677"
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 42 (88) — Designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.

## 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/SC00042I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00042E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00042H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00042S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00042F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Permission to introduce
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-02** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** 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/a3fad6e1-3d64-4c51-9b9b-94b751ffc035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).