Bill Text: TX HCR71 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed in Phase Two of the Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan at the northwest corner of Congress Avenue and 15th Street the Irma Rangel Building.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HCR71 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR71-Comm_Sub.html
| 88R12996 BPG-D | ||
| By: González of Dallas, Lozano, Neave Criado, | H.C.R. No. 71 | |
| Guillen, Flores, et al. | ||
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| WHEREAS, Pioneering lawmaker Irma Rangel left an indelible | ||
| imprint on the State of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1976, Irma Rangel became the first Mexican | ||
| American woman elected to the Texas Legislature; she embarked on a | ||
| mission to dismantle structural inequities and improve the lives of | ||
| the most vulnerable; during more than a quarter century in office, | ||
| she secured passage of numerous bills that empowered the | ||
| disadvantaged, including legislation extending the absentee voting | ||
| system, creating centers for victims of domestic violence, and | ||
| providing educational and employment programs to mothers with | ||
| dependent children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Representative Rangel worked tirelessly to ensure | ||
| access to quality instruction at all levels and transformed the | ||
| state's higher education landscape; as chair of the Higher | ||
| Education Committee, she expanded opportunities for low-income and | ||
| minority youth; she was the primary sponsor of the bill that gave | ||
| high school students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class | ||
| automatic admission to the state's best public universities; | ||
| moreover, she was instrumental in providing funding for the first | ||
| professional school in South Texas; in appreciation, Texas A&M | ||
| University-Kingsville named that school the Irma Rangel College of | ||
| Pharmacy; also honoring her legacy are the Irma Lerma Rangel Young | ||
| Women's Leadership School in Dallas and the Irma Rangel Public | ||
| Policy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Kingsville in 1931, Representative Rangel | ||
| attended a segregated elementary school; she went on to earn a | ||
| bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas A&M | ||
| University-Kingsville and taught in Texas, California, and | ||
| Venezuela for 14 years; determined to make a greater impact, she | ||
| graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law and became the | ||
| first Mexican American woman district attorney in Corpus Christi; | ||
| she returned to Kingsville to open a law practice and became | ||
| involved in grassroots politics; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Representative Rangel served in the legislature | ||
| until 2003, when she lost her battle with brain cancer; since then, | ||
| her enormous contributions have continued to resonate, and the | ||
| naming of a state building in her honor would be a fitting tribute | ||
| to a trailblazer who opened avenues of advancement for all Texans; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby direct the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building | ||
| being constructed in Phase Two of the Texas Capitol Complex Master | ||
| Plan at the northwest corner of Congress Avenue and 15th Street the | ||
| Irma Rangel Building; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official | ||
| copy of this resolution to the chair and executive director of the | ||
| Texas Facilities Commission. | ||
