---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar incidents."
description: "Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar incidents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 36"
citation: "Texas HCR 36 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "SUTHERLAND SPRINGS", "COMMUNITY OF (G0588)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b37ba8d-827c-44d9-92a5-87d6a750ef37"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 36.xml"
source_hash: "43a0b587a4e9631c0b0d2c9032c8d0f13611d25174c844fea780364dac7e39f8"
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 36 (88) — Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar incidents.

## 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/HC00036I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00036H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00036S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00036F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Community Safety, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **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`
- **2023-06-17** 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/4b37ba8d-827c-44d9-92a5-87d6a750ef37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).