republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/scr-12.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed."
description: "Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SCR 12"
citation: "Texas SCR 12 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "STATES' RIGHTS (S0693)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Harris", "King, Phil"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e546b71b-209e-40a6-8cf0-087bc85a55d9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 12.xml"
source_hash: "558738292e4a3268cb65233ab10125e5c27095f2656d8f29d0cc74c7c3a2ac5f"
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 12 (87) — Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SC00012I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00012E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00012H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00012S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00012F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-20** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** 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/e546b71b-209e-40a6-8cf0-087bc85a55d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).