---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating Merle Reue Hudgins of Wharton on receiving the Yellow Rose of Texas Award."
description: "Congratulating Merle Reue Hudgins of Wharton on receiving the Yellow Rose of Texas Award."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HCR 88"
citation: "Texas HCR 88 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["HUDGINS", "MERLE REUE (NG92B)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Stephenson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b00e713c-4818-400c-9107-48c1f5857198"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 88.xml"
source_hash: "8dc3bb4a5c5b0919f9aa789dda6c09d741db7fbed5c48857fc4b66474f0662b9"
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 88 (87) — Congratulating Merle Reue Hudgins of Wharton on receiving the Yellow Rose of Texas Award.

## 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/HC00088I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HC00088F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-08** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2021-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-11** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-11** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 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/b00e713c-4818-400c-9107-48c1f5857198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).