---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day."
description: "Relating to the designation of January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2728"
citation: "Texas HB 2728 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays (I0395)", "INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY (HV3RO)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Martinez Fischer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b64155a1-340d-40fe-92a9-95495d472218"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2728.xml"
source_hash: "814c82c3473197d7aedf04f69fe5db61a50f6f4d13c50eaf5296ff1e641438db"
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 HB 2728 (87) — Relating to the designation of January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02728I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02728E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02728H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02728S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02728F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b64155a1-340d-40fe-92a9-95495d472218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).