---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds."
description: "Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 26"
citation: "Texas HCR 26 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "STATE PRESERVATION BOARD (V1178)", "VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MONUMENT (NZ7DL)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Garcia", "Metcalf", "Oliverson", "Plesa", "Troxclair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24cfdb84-bbf4-468f-a4fe-a856805e91dd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 26.xml"
source_hash: "75bb2c07f66f3ed674e1b83ec73c7dc119bb07671863a5ea7daba914335d5566"
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 26 (88) — Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds.

## 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/HC00026I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00026H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00026S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00026F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** 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/24cfdb84-bbf4-468f-a4fe-a856805e91dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).