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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project."
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description: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2497"
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citation: "Texas HB 2497 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--General (I0255)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Governor (I0375)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Lambert", "Landgraf", "Metcalf", "Oliverson", "Parker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 72
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-03-01"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8770a4ea-6e28-4eb4-b542-8a827b794932"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2497.xml"
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source_hash: "d5b5a805729e2e4aa98de1556211fc11e9228304cc8fecb9aa3a1ba317508630"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2497 (87) — Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02497F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **124–19** (pass) · lower
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- other — **133–13** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **133–13** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Lambert — primary (person)
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- Landgraf — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Cason — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-05** Record vote
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- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8770a4ea-6e28-4eb4-b542-8a827b794932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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