Bill Text: TX HCR105 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating #Texas as the official hashtag of Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR105-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 105 | ||
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| WHEREAS, In the new world of social media, people of every age | ||
| and background from around the world may take part in an endless | ||
| conversation about all facets of the Lone Star State by using the | ||
| hashtag #Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In a dynamic, ever-changing stream that runs 24 | ||
| hours a day, seven days a week, users of Twitter and other online | ||
| platforms anywhere on the globe may use #Texas to see what people | ||
| are saying about Texas and to address other followers of the hashtag | ||
| on anything and everything pertaining to our great state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, At any given moment, this unfiltered discussion can | ||
| range from serious political discussions to wisecracks, from | ||
| advertising to comments about the heat in Houston, from complaints | ||
| and praise about Texas sporting franchises to celebrations of Texas | ||
| writers, artists, and musicians; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Social media is transforming the way people the | ||
| world over share their beliefs, ideals, wit, and fancies, and the | ||
| followers of #Texas are provided with an always fascinating and | ||
| never-ending parade of what people talk about when they talk about | ||
| Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate #Texas as the official hashtag of the state of | ||
| Texas. | ||
| Sheets | ||
| Anderson of Dallas | ||
| Canales | ||
| White of Tyler | ||
| Wu | ||
| Burkett | ||
| Minjarez | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 105 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 105 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
