---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing 2020 as \"The Year to Embrace the Gulf.\""
description: "Recognizing 2020 as \"The Year to Embrace the Gulf.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 140"
citation: "Texas HCR 140 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["YEAR TO EMBRACE THE GULF", "THE (H1727)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Special Dates (I0721)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Hinojosa", "Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f040dd9-a36c-43c3-b309-04689f9d30f9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 140.xml"
source_hash: "26534ff9ccc1677c1ee5bd0108930e365b35466e74d0c262a7101825b9c9fe42"
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 140 (86) — Recognizing 2020 as "The Year to Embrace the Gulf."

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HC00140I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the House
- **2019-05-10** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** 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/6f040dd9-a36c-43c3-b309-04689f9d30f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).