---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas."
description: "Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SCR 22"
citation: "Texas SCR 22 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["CANNON (NU3XF)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--State Symbols (I0718)", "STATE GUN (NA7CC)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecac089f-5dce-412b-b1ae-21d081fd17fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 22.xml"
source_hash: "6e774b8d5674ac3d96b44d0a9d0872a0559e58902a25fb3b43044041717871bd"
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 SCR 22 (89R) — Designating the cannon as the official state gun 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/SC00022I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00022E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00022H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00022S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00022F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-16** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** 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/ecac089f-5dce-412b-b1ae-21d081fd17fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).