Bill Text: OR HCR30 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing and honoring Officer Buddy Ray Herron (1969-2011) for his service to this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HCR30 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HCR30-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                 House Concurrent Resolution 30

Sponsored by Representatives JENSON, SMITH, Senator HANSELL

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Recognizes and honors Officer Buddy Ray Herron (1969-2011) for
his service to this state.

                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was born August 25, 1969, and
killed on November 28, 2011; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was born in Chicago, Illinois;
and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron attended Tolleson Union High
School in Arizona; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron joined the United States Navy
in 1988 and was honorably discharged in 1996; and
  Whereas in 1990 Officer Buddy Ray Herron married Kim Reeves,
the love of his life, and was the father of James, Joshua, Jacob
and Jenna; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron began his career as a
correctional officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections
in 1999; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron moved to Helix, Oregon, and
went to work with the Department of Corrections in 2007, working
at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution; and
  Whereas on November 28, 2011, Officer Buddy Ray Herron stopped
to assist a stranded motorist on his way to work; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was then tragically killed
while providing that assistance and in the performance of his
duties as a public safety officer; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was a hardworking correctional
officer with the Department of Corrections, a loving and loyal
family man and a wonderful father and husband; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was able to fix anything
broken or in disrepair, had an incredible sense of humor and was
active with his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints; and
  Whereas in his spare time, Officer Buddy Ray Herron volunteered
with his local rural fire district; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron especially enjoyed activities
with his family and camping at their favorite spot on the north
rim of the Grand Canyon; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, recognize and honor Officer Buddy Ray Herron for his
service to this state.
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