---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to George Benton Turner."
description: "Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to George Benton Turner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 120"
citation: "Texas HCR 120 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "TURNER", "GEORGE BENTON (NK931)", "LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR", "TEXAS (S0552)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Dean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd7cf76-a477-415c-bdd6-211df8370213"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 120.xml"
source_hash: "087f7253f8731e0204a3691c4a476ba5995e837bc56cbe1e160db934361351db"
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 120 (86) — Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to George Benton Turner.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HC00120I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Laid before the House
- **2019-04-23** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** 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/2fd7cf76-a477-415c-bdd6-211df8370213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).