---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3257"
citation: "Texas HB 3257 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION ON ANTISEMITISM", "TEXAS (VU3JO)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Governor (I0375)", "HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)", "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0789)", "HOLOCAUST", "GENOCIDE", "& ANTISEMITISM ADVISORY COMMISSION", "TEXAS (VO9TS)", "Human Relations (I0410)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Goldman", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Moody", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc875e8-ee1d-4df8-a3c6-d6c2f168846a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3257.xml"
source_hash: "cd80ed6c7d8853e536f85e01bd5c98e780979a3e6fcdeca1682d78525524db89"
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 3257 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.

## 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/HB03257I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03257E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03257H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03257S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03257F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** 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/6bc875e8-ee1d-4df8-a3c6-d6c2f168846a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).