Bill Text: TX HR458 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 30, 2023, as Survivors Speak Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR458 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR458-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 458 |
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WHEREAS, Members of the state chapter of Crime Survivors for | ||
Safety and Justice are gathering in Austin on March 30, 2023, for | ||
Survivors Speak Texas Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, A flagship project of the Alliance for Safety and | ||
Justice, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice is a national | ||
organization that promotes public safety policies that reduce | ||
incarceration and increase investments in crime prevention, trauma | ||
recovery, and rehabilitation; with chapters in several states | ||
across the country, the group also provides opportunities for | ||
survivors to participate in support groups and community | ||
organizing; and | ||
WHEREAS, Because more than half of violent crimes are | ||
estimated to go unreported, and few survivors receive direct | ||
assistance from a victim service agency, many people face | ||
long-term, debilitating effects without appropriate support; Crime | ||
Survivors for Safety and Justice helps to bridge these gaps in | ||
victim services, as well as to offer guidance to policy makers on | ||
evidence-based practices to protect victims and reduce incidents of | ||
violent crime; and | ||
WHEREAS, Each year during National Crime Victims' Rights | ||
Week, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice holds its Survivors | ||
Speak event, which brings together crime survivors and their loved | ||
ones to advocate for safety and justice policy reforms, | ||
particularly in communities with high rates of crime; since its | ||
inception, the event has grown into a yearlong movement that | ||
culminates in a National Healing Vigil Day of Action, with events in | ||
more than two dozen cities around the country; and | ||
WHEREAS, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice is playing an | ||
important role in helping the people and communities most harmed by | ||
crime and violence, and all those associated with the organization | ||
are indeed deserving of commendation for their tireless advocacy; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 30, 2023, as Survivors Speak | ||
Texas Day at the State Capitol and extend to the staff and | ||
volunteers of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice sincere | ||
appreciation for their efforts; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
González of El Paso | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 458 was adopted by the House on March | ||
16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||