--- type: "Bill" title: "Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act." description: "Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "87" identifier: "HCR 51" citation: "Texas HCR 51 (87)" classification: ["concurrent resolution"] subjects: ["I AM VANESSA GUILLÉN ACT (PN1L2)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Minjarez", "Morales, Christina", "Neave", "Perez", "Romero, Jr."] version_count: 5 action_count: 55 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2021-03-02" last_action: "2021-06-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3865e45d-fb74-402a-b4d5-9d90826b3bd9" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 51.xml" source_hash: "805d809ad9799e94db8a8ebee933f272351000b64b231164798073a7c3ba8723" 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 51 (87) — Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act. ## 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/HC00051I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00051E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00051H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00051S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00051F.HTM) ## Sponsors - Alvarado — primary (person) - Minjarez — primary (person) - Morales, Christina — primary (person) - Neave — primary (person) - Perez — primary (person) - Romero, Jr. — primary (person) - Allen — cosponsor (person) - Allison — cosponsor (person) - Anchia — cosponsor (person) - Anderson — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bailes — cosponsor (person) - Beckley — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Bernal — cosponsor (person) - Biedermann — cosponsor (person) - Blanco — cosponsor (person) - Bonnen — cosponsor (person) - Bowers — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Burrows — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Campbell — cosponsor (person) - Campos — cosponsor (person) - Canales — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Cason — cosponsor (person) - Clardy — cosponsor (person) - Cole — cosponsor (person) - Coleman — cosponsor (person) - Collier — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Cortez — cosponsor (person) - Craddick — cosponsor (person) - Crockett — cosponsor (person) - Cyrier — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Davis — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Dominguez — cosponsor (person) - Dutton — cosponsor (person) - Eckhardt — cosponsor (person) - Ellzey — cosponsor (person) - Fierro — cosponsor (person) - Frank — cosponsor (person) - Frullo — cosponsor (person) - Gates — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - Goldman — cosponsor (person) - González, Jessica — cosponsor (person) - González, Mary — cosponsor (person) - Goodwin — cosponsor (person) - Guerra — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Gutierrez — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Huberty — cosponsor (person) - Hull — cosponsor (person) - Hunter — cosponsor (person) - Israel — cosponsor (person) - Jetton — cosponsor (person) - Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person) - Kacal — cosponsor (person) - King, Ken — cosponsor (person) - King, Phil — cosponsor (person) - King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person) - Klick — cosponsor (person) - Krause — cosponsor (person) - Kuempel — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Larson — cosponsor (person) - Leach — cosponsor (person) - Leman — cosponsor (person) - Longoria — cosponsor (person) - Lopez — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Lucio — cosponsor (person) - Lucio III — cosponsor (person) - Martinez — cosponsor (person) - Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person) - Menéndez — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Meyer — cosponsor (person) - Meza — cosponsor (person) - Middleton — cosponsor (person) - Miles — cosponsor (person) - Moody — cosponsor (person) - Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person) - Morrison — cosponsor (person) - Murphy — cosponsor (person) - Murr — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person) - Ortega — cosponsor (person) - Pacheco — cosponsor (person) - Paddie — cosponsor (person) - Parker — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Paxton — cosponsor (person) - Powell — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Ramos — cosponsor (person) - Raney — cosponsor (person) - Raymond — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Rodriguez — cosponsor (person) - Rogers — cosponsor (person) - Rose — cosponsor (person) - Rosenthal — cosponsor (person) - Sanford — cosponsor (person) - Schaefer — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person) - Slaton — cosponsor (person) - Slawson — cosponsor (person) - Smith — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Spiller — cosponsor (person) - Stephenson — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Swanson — cosponsor (person) - Talarico — cosponsor (person) - Thierry — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person) - Tinderholt — cosponsor (person) - Toth — cosponsor (person) - Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person) - Turner, John — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Vasut — cosponsor (person) - Vo — cosponsor (person) - Walle — cosponsor (person) - West — cosponsor (person) - White — cosponsor (person) - Whitmire — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Wu — cosponsor (person) - Zaffirini — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-03-02** Filed `filing` - **2021-03-11** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee` - **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing - **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2021-03-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee` - **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage` - **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator - **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed - **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar - **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars - **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar - **2021-04-09** Withdrawn from calendar (by author) - **2021-04-09** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. - **2021-04-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars - **2021-04-13** Transferred to Calendars Committee - **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2021-04-16** Considered in Calendars - **2021-04-21** Placed on Resolutions Calendar - **2021-04-21** Laid before the House - **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2021-04-21** Adopted as amended - **2021-04-21** Record vote - **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed - **2021-04-22** Received from the House `introduction` - **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-05-03** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee` - **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized - **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing - **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized - **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized - **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar - **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed - **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized - **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized - **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar - **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar - **2021-05-26** Laid before the Senate - **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-05-26** Adopted `passage` - **2021-05-26** Record vote - **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported - **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed - **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s) - **2021-05-28** Record vote - **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s) - **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported - **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled - **2021-05-30** Signed in the House - **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate - **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2021-06-14** 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/3865e45d-fb74-402a-b4d5-9d90826b3bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).