A chamber officer informed the Texas Senate on Wednesday that the Texas House had passed four measures, including a resolution honoring victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods, and the Senate recessed until 4 p.m. to await the House’s completion of its calendar.

“The House has passed the following measures, HCR 2 Verdell, in memory of the victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods,” the Doorkeeper told the Senate chamber, then listed three additional measures passed by the House. Those measures included a resolution commemorating the dedication of the Children’s Emergency Relief International George M. Cowden Building in Austin and resolutions congratulating community members and award recipients.

Senator Zaffirini moved that “the Senate stand in recess until 4PM today, Wednesday, August 27.” After the presiding officer asked for objections and none were heard, the motion was adopted and the Senate recessed.

The House measures reported to the Senate were: HCR 2 (Verdell), described as ‘‘in memory of the victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods’’; HCR 3 (Craddock), commemorating the dedication of the Children’s Emergency Relief International George M. Cowden Building in Austin; HCR 4 (Craddock), congratulating Ricky and Anne Lowe of Horseshoe Bay on their wedding anniversary (anniversary year not specified in the House message); and HCR 5 (Craddock), congratulating Don Sparks of Midland on receiving the 2025 Chief Roughneck Award from the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

The House message was delivered during routine communications between chambers and did not create any action by the Senate on the measures themselves. The Senate’s recess, moved by Senator Zaffirini, was adopted after no objections were raised and was described on the record as a brief pause while the House completed its calendar.

The Senate was scheduled to reconvene at 4 p.m.; no further debate or votes on the reported House measures were recorded in the provided transcript segment.