Legislative Research: TX HCR61 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature

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SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2025-2026
89th Legislature

(Introduced)
Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas.
[HCR61 2025 Detail][HCR61 2025 Text][HCR61 2025 Comments]
2025-04-10
Meeting cancelled
2023-2024
88th Legislature

(Passed)
Designating Port Arthur as the official Cajun Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
[HCR61 2023 Detail][HCR61 2023 Text][HCR61 2023 Comments]
2023-06-09
Signed by the Governor
2021-2022
87th Legislature

(Passed)
Designating the Texas star mushroom as the official State Mushroom of Texas.
[HCR61 2021 Detail][HCR61 2021 Text][HCR61 2021 Comments]
2021-06-18
Signed by the Governor
2019-2020
86th Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Urging Congress to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act.
[HCR61 2019 Detail][HCR61 2019 Text][HCR61 2019 Comments]
2019-03-12
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
2017-2018
85th Legislature

(Passed)
Recognizing the Stop the Bleed campaign.
[HCR61 2017 Detail][HCR61 2017 Text][HCR61 2017 Comments]
2017-06-15
Signed by the Governor
2015-2016
84th Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border.
[HCR61 2015 Detail][HCR61 2015 Text][HCR61 2015 Comments]
2015-05-23
Laid on the table subject to call
2013-2014
83rd Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
[HCR61 2013 Detail][HCR61 2013 Text][HCR61 2013 Comments]
2013-04-30
Committee report sent to Calendars
2011-2012
82nd Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Expressing opposition to federal interference in state management of Texas' water resources.
[HCR61 2011 Detail][HCR61 2011 Text][HCR61 2011 Comments]
2011-05-18
Considered in Calendars
2009-2010
81st Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
[HCR61 2009 Detail][HCR61 2009 Text][HCR61 2009 Comments]
2009-05-21
Referred to State Affairs

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Legislative Citation

APA
TX HCR61 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature. (2011, May 18). LegiScan. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HCR61/2011
MLA
"TX HCR61 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 18 May. 2011. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HCR61/2011>.
Chicago
"TX HCR61 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature." May 18, 2011 LegiScan. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HCR61/2011.
Turabian
LegiScan. TX HCR61 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature. 18 May 2011. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HCR61/2011 (accessed August 03, 2026).

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