Bill Text: TX HCR80 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-24 - Signed by the Governor [HCR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HCR80-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 80 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Blue Bell Creameries has become synonymous with ice | ||
| cream across the Lone Star State and beyond, and the city of Brenham | ||
| is renowned as the home of this venerable brand; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blue Bell ice cream traces its roots to the | ||
| establishment of the Brenham Creamery Company in 1907; the business | ||
| initially manufactured butter using excess cream from area farms, | ||
| and a few years later, it began making ice cream and delivering it | ||
| by horse-drawn wagon; in 1930, the business was renamed Blue Bell | ||
| Creameries in honor of the native Texas wildflower, and in 1958, the | ||
| company began to exclusively focus on making ice cream; | ||
| headquartered in Brenham with production facilities located there | ||
| and in Oklahoma and Alabama, Blue Bell is today one of the nation's | ||
| top-selling ice cream manufacturers, and it markets its products in | ||
| 23 states; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A major city employer and a regional tourist | ||
| attraction, the Brenham Blue Bell facility has long played a vital | ||
| role in boosting the area economy; visitors can learn about the | ||
| company's history, observe the manufacturing process, and of | ||
| course, visit the ice cream parlor; in 2025, the Brenham creamery is | ||
| projected to welcome some 300,000 people; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The frosty deliciousness of ice cream has had an | ||
| enduring influence on the development and prosperity of Brenham and | ||
| has made the city a popular destination for a multitude of visitors, | ||
| and the community is indeed deserving of recognition for its | ||
| special role in the culinary heritage of the Lone Star State; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of | ||
| Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of | ||
| Section 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in | ||
| effect until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is | ||
| finally passed by the legislature. | ||
| Wharton | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 4 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
