---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating former State Representative Ken Mercer on his retirement from USAA."
description: "Congratulating former State Representative Ken Mercer on his retirement from USAA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 130"
citation: "Texas HCR 130 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["MERCER", "KEN", "REP. (A0286)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biedermann", "Campbell", "Flores", "Hughes", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8efd8677-2257-40ef-88cd-9bbb3060970e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 130.xml"
source_hash: "af7d39f871e44bf823ad9222cefcae768a9183b901dd8f43717b3bc57876e486"
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 130 (86) — Congratulating former State Representative Ken Mercer on his retirement from USAA.

## 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/HC00130I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Biedermann — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2019-03-21** Laid before the House
- **2019-03-21** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Read & adopted `passage, introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Senate passage reported
- **2019-03-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-03-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-03-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-03-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-02** Again read
- **2019-04-04** 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/8efd8677-2257-40ef-88cd-9bbb3060970e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).