Bill Text: TX HR1048 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 2, 2019, as Texas Gun Sense Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-04 - Reported enrolled [HR1048 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1048-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1048 |
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WHEREAS, Texas Gun Sense volunteers from across the state are | ||
gathering in Austin on April 2, 2019, to observe Texas Gun Sense | ||
Advocacy Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 2007 in the wake of the Virginia Tech | ||
shooting, Texas Gun Sense is a nonprofit that supports | ||
common-sense, evidence-based solutions for reducing gun-related | ||
injuries and deaths; advocates work with fellow Texans and | ||
lawmakers to address public health issues related to gun violence; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Gun Sense seeks to educate the public on | ||
effective ways to secure guns in order to reduce crime and personal | ||
injury, as well as raise awareness about suicide prevention and the | ||
safe storage of firearms; the organization further acts as a | ||
resource of information about federal, state, and local gun | ||
policies; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than a decade, Texas Gun Sense has worked to | ||
keep the people of the Lone Star State safe from avoidable accidents | ||
and injuries through its support of sensible firearm policy, and | ||
the organization's legislative day provides a welcome opportunity | ||
to recognize its volunteers; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize April 2, 2019, as Texas Gun Sense | ||
Advocacy Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those in | ||
attendance sincere best wishes for an informative and memorable | ||
visit; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Goodwin | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1048 was adopted by the House on April | ||
2, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||