---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating November as Texas Wildlife and Conservation Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2023."
description: "Designating November as Texas Wildlife and Conservation Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 77"
citation: "Texas HCR 77 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)", "WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION MONTH", "TEXAS (HE6IX)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/568e1abf-b512-4626-a1f4-3bd086fb929e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 77.xml"
source_hash: "bb9f87eb8ae3a6dcdbed5f5e9db15fa544bdcfdc8af1071a1b95029d0fca0766"
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 77 (88) — Designating November as Texas Wildlife and Conservation Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.

## 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/HC00077I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00077H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00077S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00077F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-05-06** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** 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/568e1abf-b512-4626-a1f4-3bd086fb929e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).