---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Sergeant Major Jerry L. Bell."
description: "Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Sergeant Major Jerry L. Bell."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 112"
citation: "Texas HCR 112 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["BELL", "JERRY LYNN (NZ2WZ)", "LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR", "TEXAS (S0552)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9a7960d-1c52-46fb-b02f-048d7c3aa461"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 112.xml"
source_hash: "fdc6dc11825410326fca8fdfbf0159488c87523f775e986a8cb9aed61fafaf21"
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 112 (88) — Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Sergeant Major Jerry L. Bell.

## 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/HC00112I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00112H.HTM)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00112F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** 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** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-26** Rules suspended
- **2023-05-26** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Read
- **2023-05-26** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** 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/a9a7960d-1c52-46fb-b02f-048d7c3aa461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).