---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas."
description: "Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "Texas SB 2053 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "Governor (I0375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29922b12-737b-412b-baf6-2609e091241e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2053.xml"
source_hash: "5306a5d44b660189a59716cf84df1978a1c151bfd7d3f0ad97cfad223f3b9f47"
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 SB 2053 (89R) — Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas.

## 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/SB02053I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02053E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02053H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02053S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02053F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29922b12-737b-412b-baf6-2609e091241e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).