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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day."
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description: "Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2499"
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citation: "Texas HB 2499 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Holidays (I0395)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SPECIAL FORCES DAY (HF61J)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/511c1f8e-718e-4cae-9fbe-e6bc94a69748"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2499.xml"
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source_hash: "56e92635bf400a93c844a31fc6ca31f929d3988f387108deb722ad548cd6ba7f"
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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 2499 (88) — Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02499I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02499E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02499H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02499S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02499F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2499 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-05** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-18** Record vote
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- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-10** Effective immediately `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/511c1f8e-718e-4cae-9fbe-e6bc94a69748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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