---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Fort Worth as the official Aviation and Defense Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
description: "Designating Fort Worth as the official Aviation and Defense Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 142"
citation: "Texas HCR 142 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["AVIATION & DEFENSE CAPITAL OF TEXAS (NU841)", "FORT WORTH", "CITY OF (G49AS)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Capitals (I0716)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Hancock", "McQueeney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33d4ec54-42c2-4786-bf59-e8ec112340d2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 142.xml"
source_hash: "93ece609ce7a38895b792fa8c90be43da46943336346ce99c1af722fbd92b5b3"
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 142 (89R) — Designating Fort Worth as the official Aviation and Defense Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

## 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/HC00142I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00142H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00142S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00142F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- McQueeney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/33d4ec54-42c2-4786-bf59-e8ec112340d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).