---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating Arlen L. Edgar on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame."
description: "Congratulating Arlen L. Edgar on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 159"
citation: "Texas HCR 159 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)", "EDGAR", "ARLEN L. (NL378)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Seliger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-12"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a36f171-2206-40cc-8370-f1a0c97f4774"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 159.xml"
source_hash: "8cd590be8bc76c322ddecc2f8f5791a29c9b654bcf3575eda4106a96f4ec3727"
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 159 (86) — Congratulating Arlen L. Edgar on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame.

## 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/HC00159I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended
- **2019-04-16** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read & adopted `passage, introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-04-18** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** 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/5a36f171-2206-40cc-8370-f1a0c97f4774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).