Congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple of Midland on their 60th wedding anniversary.
HCR 8 is a ceremonial concurrent resolution congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple of Midland on their 60th wedding anniversary. It formally recognizes their marriage milestone, which was celebrated on July 31, 2025, and extends the Texas Legislature's best wishes for their continued happiness. The resolution has been passed by both legislative chambers and signed by the Governor, as part of standard commemorative practice for significant personal milestones.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Aug 2025
House Passage
Sep 2025
Senate Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Sep 2025
Introduced Aug 27, 2025
Signed Sep 17, 2025
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Sep 17, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative format to an enrolled version with accessibility updates. The substantive content of the resolution congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple on their 60th wedding anniversary remains unchanged, though the layout was significantly restructured with added spacing and formatting adjustments.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and accessibility updates were made.
TECHNICAL
The document structure was changed from a standard introduced format to an enrolled version with accessibility standards alignment (WCAG 2.1).
Formatting was restructured with added blank lines and spacing adjustments throughout the text.
Enrolled version certification language was added to confirm adoption by both legislative chambers and governor approval.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
1
Sep 17, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Sep 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Sep 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
Sep 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
Sep 4, 2025
Introduced
Read & adopted
upper
Aug 27, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Aug 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Aug 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local & Consent Calendars
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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