---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of Independence."
description: "Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of Independence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 123"
citation: "Texas HCR 123 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (NU8R9)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Lowe", "Swanson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614b930c-d88d-485f-bb8a-818e63a37212"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 123.xml"
source_hash: "8a0d90c78087c84b900e8737eaa714d8d8876279a3f51d37a997b788c2ed1529"
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 123 (89R) — Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of Independence.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HC00123I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00123F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Lowe — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Local & Consent Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2025-04-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** 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/614b930c-d88d-485f-bb8a-818e63a37212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).