Named the state domino game
History
On June 17, 2011, the governor signed House Concurrent Resolution No. 84. The 82nd Legislature had already voted for it. The House adopted it on May 13, 2011, 144 to 0, with one present and not voting. The Senate adopted it, as amended, on May 25, 2011, 31 to 0. The House concurred in the Senate amendments on May 27, 2011, 130 to 6, with three present and not voting. The Legislature's history page lists the last action as signed by the governor on June 17, 2011.
The resolved line is plain: the 82nd Legislature designates 42 as the official State Domino Game of Texas.
The resolution's "whereas" lines say the game was created in Texas, that it is also called Texas 42, and that Evans's 1985 research dates it to 1887 in Trapp Spring, now Garner. It calls 42 a contest of skill and chance. It does not spell out how to bid, and it does not list the count dominoes.
The Handbook of Texas entry says the same date in one sentence: on June 17, 2011, the game of 42 was designated the official State Domino Game of Texas. The Handbook was revised January 5, 2012, after that signature.
It is a resolution, not a section somebody dropped into the statutes. The designation is the resolution itself, passed by both houses and signed. That is the record.
If you want the boys, the town, and the move to Fannin County, that is the Saturday history note. This one is only the naming.
Sources:
- Texas Legislature Online, history for 82(R) HCR 84. Last action: signed by the governor, June 17, 2011. Bill history
- Enrolled text of H.C.R. No. 84. capitol.texas.gov
- Dennis Roberson, "Forty-Two (Domino Game)," Handbook of Texas Online. tshaonline.org