---
type: "Bill"
title: "In memory of former Brazoria County sheriff and judge E. J. \"Joe\" King."
description: "In memory of former Brazoria County sheriff and judge E. J. \"Joe\" King."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "884"
identifier: "HCR 15"
citation: "Texas HCR 15 (884)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["KING", "E. J. \\\"JOE\\\" (ND1HM)", "Resolutions--Memorial (I0710)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Vasut"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-11-13"
last_action: "2023-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e8968d5-a51e-4c5c-bc61-f31dc5d65857"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/884/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 15.xml"
source_hash: "b7e25456ed9ae49129a3252b8b32d63d03cc4b01bf58f7f6d2c727e033aa59dc"
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 15 (884) — In memory of former Brazoria County sheriff and judge E. J. "Joe" King.

## 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/884/billtext/html/HC00015I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/884/billtext/html/HC00015F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-17** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-11-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-11-30** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2023-11-30** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-11-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-12-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-12-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-18** 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/0e8968d5-a51e-4c5c-bc61-f31dc5d65857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).