---
type: "Bill"
title: "In memory of Gus Franklin Mutscher, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives."
description: "In memory of Gus Franklin Mutscher, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HCR 85"
citation: "Texas HCR 85 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["MUTSCHER", "GUS FRANKLIN", "SPEAKER (AE8MQ)", "Resolutions--Memorial (I0710)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kacal", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97249361-08c0-47b2-91a3-7be11ed5cf0c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 85.xml"
source_hash: "37e71f23071ad4bb849edce8af6431d82ec6f0e387e2762561ded7cf2dd22c16"
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 85 (88) — In memory of Gus Franklin Mutscher, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

## 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/HC00085I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HC00085F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kacal — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Resolutions Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended
- **2023-04-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2023-04-20** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** 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/97249361-08c0-47b2-91a3-7be11ed5cf0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).