Bill Text: TX HR202 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR202-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 202

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are
gathering in Austin on March 7, 2023, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha
Day at the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African
American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and
service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University
undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these
inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and
WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage high
scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship
among college women, to improve the social stature of women of all
ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member of the National
Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves people around the
world through the efforts of more than 355,000 members in over 1,000
chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai,
Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; and
WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a
positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil
rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under the
leadership of the sorority's 31st international president, Danette
Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the personal
and professional development of its members, on the bonds of
sisterhood, and on its domestic and international servant
leadership; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has long remained at the forefront
of effective advocacy and social change, and its members' efforts
have made an important contribution to the goals of equality and
equity for all citizens of the world; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's
visiting delegation.
Allen
Thompson of Harris
Jones of Harris
Phelan Guerra Murr
Allen Guillen Neave Criado
Allison Harless Noble
Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
Ashby Harrison Orr
Bailes Hayes Ortega
Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
Bernal Herrero Perez
Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
Bonnen Holland Price
Bowers Howard Ramos
Bryant Hull Raney
Buckley Hunter Raymond
Bucy Isaac Reynolds
Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
Canales Kacal Schofield
Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
Cole Kitzman Shine
Collier Klick Slaton
Cook Kuempel Slawson
Cortez Lalani Smith
Craddick Lambert Smithee
Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
Darby Leach Stucky
Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
Dean Longoria Talarico
DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
Dutton Lozano Thimesch
Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
Gates Meyer Turner
Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
Geren Moody Vasut
Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
González of El Paso Morrison Wu
Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 202 was adopted by the House on March 7,
2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House