---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act."
description: "Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 19"
citation: "Texas HCR 19 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET (P0181)", "SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (P0377)", "WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION (P0504)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Capriglione", "Clardy", "Herrero", "Huffman", "Neave"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-30"
last_action: "2019-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed1e46e0-57da-4fa0-8ba8-17c2acc45dfe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 19.xml"
source_hash: "19022900b13873f7c9c687cc201b1a5dfd6bc0f55765e84257438b7aa1eaffd4"
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 19 (86) — Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

## 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/HC00019I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Laid before the House
- **2019-04-12** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Rereferred to committee
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-27** 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/ed1e46e0-57da-4fa0-8ba8-17c2acc45dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).