---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex."
description: "Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SCR 19"
citation: "Texas SCR 19 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["NATIONAL LIFE MONUMENT (NY2NB)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "STATE PRESERVATION BOARD (V1178)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris Davila", "Leo Wilson", "Parker", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9c5043-c90f-4b69-838e-5e3ed01a9804"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 19.xml"
source_hash: "690f22c1670fda59799fde1e7d2d2cb3ab3124d7c8f28e81b90bfa391023544f"
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 SCR 19 (89R) — Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.

## 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/SC00019I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00019E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00019H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00019S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00019F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **98–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris Davila — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-20** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** 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/8e9c5043-c90f-4b69-838e-5e3ed01a9804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).