---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State of Texas."
description: "Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SCR 37"
citation: "Texas SCR 37 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["PANAMA CANAL (GP9NI)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Lujan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/951d589b-2979-4816-9d7f-bcff539241ca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 37.xml"
source_hash: "3a683d45c2c47942bc202e4c30cfd0890f1075892b376d5dd6b6210304fc0750"
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 37 (89R) — Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State 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/SC00037I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00037E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00037H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00037S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00037F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-05-02** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** 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** 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/951d589b-2979-4816-9d7f-bcff539241ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).