---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Rockport as the official Redfish Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
description: "Designating Rockport as the official Redfish Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 157"
citation: "Texas HCR 157 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["REDFISH CAPITAL OF TEXAS (NP2H3)", "ROCKPORT", "CITY OF (G24JG)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Capitals (I0716)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc2f1290-8d99-4e05-8abd-9b4e212cb611"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00100_HCR00199/HCR 157.xml"
source_hash: "5c7a5e8e74e64722afae8ffbba609131efba29b496e5d87ceaa399014a3fbca5"
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 157 (89R) — Designating Rockport as the official Redfish Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HC00157I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00157H.HTM)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00157F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **113–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunter — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-25** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-26** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-06-01** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-06-01** Rules suspended
- **2025-06-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-06-01** Read
- **2025-06-01** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** 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/dc2f1290-8d99-4e05-8abd-9b4e212cb611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).