---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the Texas School for the Deaf to name its middle school gymnasium the Robert Rives Gymnasium."
description: "Directing the Texas School for the Deaf to name its middle school gymnasium the Robert Rives Gymnasium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SCR 5"
citation: "Texas SCR 5 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["DEAF", "TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE (V1199)", "ROBERT RIVES GYMNASIUM (N16RU)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckhardt", "Flores", "Howard", "Rodríguez Ramos", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-12-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0be3a417-a8d5-4586-ae73-f1829583d352"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 5.xml"
source_hash: "cf151db6ee9a657eb805950be22c122553a82dadeb9751d5700abc1f9819e049"
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 5 (89R) — Directing the Texas School for the Deaf to name its middle school gymnasium the Robert Rives Gymnasium.

## 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/SC00005I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00005E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00005H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00005S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00005F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-11** 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
- **2025-03-18** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-23** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-23** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-23** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** 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/0be3a417-a8d5-4586-ae73-f1829583d352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).