---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
description: "Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 9"
citation: "Texas HCR 9 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Official Designations--10-Year Significant Dates (I0016)", "SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY (H68FG)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Adam", "Leo Wilson", "Luther", "Morales, Christina", "Richardson", "Simmons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/704ee880-80df-4b90-81da-16725f6312e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 9.xml"
source_hash: "ac0cdfc1e5dcabb8d40ec0de882e7cdf5f1686e2d2f15c227ead38dc2f1821db"
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 9 (89R) — Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday 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/HC00009I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00009H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00009S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00009F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **120–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Luther — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
- Richardson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** 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/704ee880-80df-4b90-81da-16725f6312e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).