---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paying tribute to Donald E. Ballard on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville."
description: "Paying tribute to Donald E. Ballard on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HCR 98"
citation: "Texas HCR 98 (86)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)", "BALLARD", "DONALD E. (NK893)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73612a0e-4754-4f8e-8bbe-ddc116db453a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 98.xml"
source_hash: "83d764179212857c5bd960d62a3f42c71af78a32b2e20288732ec736d2957c9d"
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 98 (86) — Paying tribute to Donald E. Ballard on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.

## 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/HC00098I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in Resolutions Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2019-03-13** Laid before the House
- **2019-03-13** Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Read & adopted `passage, introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Senate passage reported
- **2019-03-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-03-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-03-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-03-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** 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/73612a0e-4754-4f8e-8bbe-ddc116db453a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).