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type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife of Texas."
description: "Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SCR 7"
citation: "Texas SCR 7 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["BOWIE KNIFE (NH276)", "Resolutions--Official Designations--State Symbols (I0718)", "STATE KNIFE (NH277)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spiller", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a6702d7-8080-4872-a143-3b26304264ca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 7.xml"
source_hash: "94efb09c0e81ead07bb3f386ea894a89bccf847ed8822e64ab903c2fce9a18fe"
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 7 (87) — Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife 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/87R/billtext/html/SC00007I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00007E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00007H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00007S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00007F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-18** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** 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/8a6702d7-8080-4872-a143-3b26304264ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).