---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating Nathan L. Hecht on his retirement as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas."
description: "Congratulating Nathan L. Hecht on his retirement as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 138"
citation: "Texas HCR 138 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["HECHT", "NATHAN L. (NC0FZ)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe887d3-cf96-4078-a78b-a8bd8649189a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 138.xml"
source_hash: "e5c665d147dbf7b59c09b280d453925106dd389fe2c5cc02b548dfe42e6ffcfe"
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 138 (89R) — Congratulating Nathan L. Hecht on his retirement as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

## 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/HC00138I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00138F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Local & Consent Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-23** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** 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/fbe887d3-cf96-4078-a78b-a8bd8649189a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).