---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033."
description: "Designating September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 12"
citation: "Texas HCR 12 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)", "VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY", "TEXAS (HJ6OA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Garcia", "Hall", "Lopez, Ray", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c5d55f-ee83-417e-ba98-ffccf946e1cd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 12.xml"
source_hash: "119b1c8854d2d195737f131dfda2a436fd87b35ffffc5e1c13f42f9dc7015580"
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 12 (88) — Designating September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

## 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/HC00012I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00012E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00012H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00012S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00012F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchía — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** 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/28c5d55f-ee83-417e-ba98-ffccf946e1cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).