Bill Text: TX SR368 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 30, 2023, as Survivors Speak Texas Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - Reported enrolled [SR368 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR368-Enrolled.html
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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 Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| 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 | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Zaffirini | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 30, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
