---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating March 4 as COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day."
description: "Relating to designating March 4 as COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2166"
citation: "Texas HB 2166 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 HEROES & MEMORIAL DAY (HW7I2)", "Holidays (I0395)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Guerra", "Howard", "LaMantia", "Muñoz, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1777bae6-5abb-484b-966b-385ea24a8fd6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2166.xml"
source_hash: "ee4928e3481a2adedcf086f6411609078e8fb6838a3df2d8aef83e2f39ebed64"
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 2166 (88) — Relating to designating March 4 as COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02166I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02166E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02166H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02166S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02166F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-14** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1777bae6-5abb-484b-966b-385ea24a8fd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).