---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
description: "Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 50"
citation: "Texas HCR 50 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["GALVESTON", "CITY OF (GF1U6)", "MARDI GRAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS (NV4OM)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Capitals (I0716)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Leo Wilson", "Middleton", "Morales Shaw", "Ward Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98196f86-2b8a-4b9f-9fca-a300f5aa3e3a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 50.xml"
source_hash: "fb452bdbd1e1e1e4a420f9c5c3122144697df05c84d768dac97fcf2fe627c04c"
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 50 (89R) — Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras 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/HC00050I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00050H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00050S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00050F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Ward Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** 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/98196f86-2b8a-4b9f-9fca-a300f5aa3e3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).