---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Rusk County as the official Syrup Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
description: "Designating Rusk County as the official Syrup Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 83"
citation: "Texas HCR 83 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["RUSK COUNTY (G0737)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--Capitals (I0716)", "SYRUP CAPITAL OF TEXAS (NP3CX)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shofner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77eb959c-1d96-422b-be4f-fb7cf8aaa81a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 83.xml"
source_hash: "9cbbf9f04e4202191d870f84561f6d0b491a3d8b18a938fbb2c29a30dbce678d"
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 83 (89R) — Designating Rusk County as the official Syrup 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/HC00083I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00083H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00083S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00083F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Shofner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/77eb959c-1d96-422b-be4f-fb7cf8aaa81a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).