Bill Text: TX HCR109 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 10)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-05-20 - Laid on the table subject to call [HCR109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HCR109-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Harris Davila, Vasut, et al. | H.C.R. No. 109 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.C.R. No. 109: | |||
| By: Metcalf | C.S.H.C.R. No. 109 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Life Monument celebrates the miracle of life and | ||
| the women at the center of that miracle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Created by artist Timothy Schmalz, the Life Monument | ||
| is an eight-foot bronze sculpture that depicts a mother with an | ||
| unborn child cradled in a world-shaped womb; the statue captures | ||
| the physical relationship between mother and child that is felt | ||
| throughout their lives, which, when combined with the role of the | ||
| father, then constitutes the bond for the nuclear family which is | ||
| the integral foundation for the stability of American society; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under Chapter 443, Government Code, and rules of the | ||
| State Preservation Board, a portion of the north Capitol grounds is | ||
| available for new monuments, subject to legislative approval, | ||
| specified procedural requirements, the provision of funding from | ||
| private donors, conformity to certain size and design limitations | ||
| and parameters, and completion on a timely basis; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Texas Life Monument on the Capitol grounds would | ||
| provide a communal place for Texans to celebrate the beauty of human | ||
| life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby authorize the State Preservation Board, subject to state law | ||
| and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a Texas Life | ||
| Monument at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the | ||
| historic Capitol grounds; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an | ||
| official copy of this resolution to the executive director of the | ||
| State Preservation Board. | ||
