HCR 9 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 9 designates the first Saturday of every month as "Small Business Saturday" in Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. This symbolic resolution, which does not create new laws or funding, aims to encourage Texans to support local small businesses. It directly affects all Texas small businesses (defined as those employing fewer than 500 people) by promoting community shopping. The designation expires 10 years after the resolution's final passage, per Section 391.004(d) of the Texas Government Code.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced May 20, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to an enrolled version, with significant structural changes including the addition of a header about digital content accessibility updates and the removal of page numbers and amendment tracking numbers. The substantive legislative content regarding small business designation remains unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive changes to the bill's scope, applicability, or policy provisions; changes are primarily formatting and administrative.

TECHNICAL

Added header text about digital content accessibility standards alignment with WCAG 2.1

Removed page numbers and amendment tracking identifiers from the text

Reformatted text layout from line-numbered format to clean enrolled version format with proper spacing

Floor votes · House May 19, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

upper

May 28, 2025

Introduced

Text of Senate Amendment(s)

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 25, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Adopted

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 20, 2025

Committee

Referred to Administration

upper

May 20, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 20, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

lower

6 primary · 19 co-sponsors