---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating John C. Owens of Lubbock on being named a Distinguished Alumni by the Texas Tech Alumni Association."
description: "Congratulating John C. Owens of Lubbock on being named a Distinguished Alumni by the Texas Tech Alumni Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "884"
identifier: "HCR 9"
citation: "Texas HCR 9 (884)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["OWENS", "JOHN C. (N77QQ)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Sparks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-11-11"
last_action: "2023-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a1b938-82e2-4762-9c42-8915f05f33be"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/884/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 9.xml"
source_hash: "594368042f41a01e3ae45fd06db753aef67e2d4c8496b2c8cdb59ad8b5a62389"
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 9 (884) — Congratulating John C. Owens of Lubbock on being named a Distinguished Alumni by the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

## 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/884/billtext/html/HC00009I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/884/billtext/html/HC00009F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-17** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-11-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-11-30** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2023-11-30** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-11-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-12-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-12-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-18** 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/c5a1b938-82e2-4762-9c42-8915f05f33be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).