---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the third Monday in October as Domestic Violence Survivors' Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
description: "Designating the third Monday in October as Domestic Violence Survivors' Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "HCR 8"
citation: "Texas HCR 8 (873)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS' DAY (H11DI)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Hull", "Morrison", "Noble", "Slawson", "Swanson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-21"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9805480-3a26-49d6-a082-654bd4bc8e23"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 8.xml"
source_hash: "84f096191b0d8f175219239adc5b095f5fa3a694f48b6a25569a55c33cfcbc60"
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 8 (873) — Designating the third Monday in October as Domestic Violence Survivors' Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

## 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/873/billtext/html/HC00008I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/HC00008H.HTM)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/HC00008F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-27** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-13** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-10-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-10-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-16** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2021-10-17** Laid before the House
- **2021-10-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-10-18** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-18** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-18** Read
- **2021-10-18** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate passage reported
- **2021-10-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** 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/d9805480-3a26-49d6-a082-654bd4bc8e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).