Bill Text: TX HCR106 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Designating #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas Tourism.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR106-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Designating #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas Tourism.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR106-Comm_Sub.html
By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) | H.C.R. No. 106 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; | ||
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE VOTE | ||
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HancockX | ||
UrestiX | ||
CampbellX | ||
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HuffinesX | ||
SchwertnerX | ||
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WHEREAS, Texas Tourism, the state's official tourism | ||
marketing entity, is spreading the word about the wonders of the | ||
Lone Star State to social media users around the world with its | ||
Twitter hashtag, #TexasToDo; and | ||
WHEREAS, A program of the Economic Development and Tourism | ||
Office of the Governor, Texas Tourism is active on Twitter with the | ||
handle @texastourism, where it posts and retweets countless | ||
opportunities for recreation across the state, sharing Instagram | ||
photos, online articles, and news about upcoming events; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Twitter hashtag #TexasToDo enables individuals, | ||
organizations, and communities across the state to publicize and | ||
celebrate local activities, while also allowing visitors a one-stop | ||
location on Twitter to find exciting ideas for vacations or weekend | ||
trips and to share their photographs and experiences; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition, #TexasToDoFilms provides links to | ||
handsomely produced, high-definition videos on Vimeo and YouTube, | ||
showcasing such recreational pursuits as kayaking and offshore | ||
fishing, as well as such characteristic facets of Texas culture as | ||
swimming holes and custom cowboy boots; and | ||
WHEREAS, #TexasToDo is part of a dynamic, cross-platform | ||
social media effort that includes the TravelTex website and the | ||
Travel Texas app for mobile devices, as well as active Texas Tourism | ||
efforts on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google Plus; and | ||
WHEREAS, This innovative and wide-ranging program brings the | ||
marketing of Texas tourism into the 21st century, allowing social | ||
media users of all ages, backgrounds, and locations to instantly | ||
access information about what to see and do in the Lone Star State; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas | ||
Tourism. | ||
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