By: Bonnen of Galveston H.C.R. No. 135
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas,
That the following Joint Rule is adopted and becomes effective
immediately upon adoption by the house last adopting this
resolution:
JOINT RULE 1
SECTION 1. ENROLLING BILLS. (a) Beginning in the 87th
Regular Legislative Session, after a bill has finally passed both
houses of the legislature, the clerk of the house or secretary of
the senate will enroll the bill and shall assign a Texas Legislative
Act number utilizing existing enrollment technology shared by both
chambers.
(b) Each enrolled bill shall include all proper
endorsements as a Texas Legislative Act and:
(1) shall include the Texas Legislative Act number on
the face of the enrolled bill; and
(2) shall not include the originating house's bill
number on the face of the bill.
(c) Subsection (b) does not prohibit the responsible
officer from including the originating house's bill number in the
certification of the bill's passage.
(d) Once a Texas Legislative Act number has been assigned,
all future references to the enrolled bill in the journals of each
house and in messages to the other house and the governor shall use
only the Texas Legislative Act number.
(e) The Texas Legislative Act number shall be published and
maintained in the electronic legislative information system for
each enrolled bill enacted for each session and index
those numbers
by bill number and, when assigned by the secretary of state, the
session law chapter number for each Texas Act.