republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-4421.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor."
description: "Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4421"
citation: "Texas HB 4421 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR", "TEXAS (S0552)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Hall", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eeab4c7-39b5-48c6-8ffe-88e6033cc2d7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04400_HB04499/HB 4421.xml"
source_hash: "66027870c01e3f6970ef633f2ab1d3115f692a798f341c55602a0922876b730b"
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 HB 4421 (88) — Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04421I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04421E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04421H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04421S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04421F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4421 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-25** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eeab4c7-39b5-48c6-8ffe-88e6033cc2d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).