Bill Text: TX HR105 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 46th anniversary of Mickey Leland being sworn in as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR105 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR105-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 105

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The year 2019 marks the 46th anniversary of the year
the Honorable Mickey Leland was sworn in as a member of the Texas
House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, Born in Lubbock in 1944, George Thomas "Mickey"
Leland III grew up in Houston's Fifth Ward and earned his bachelor's
degree in pharmacy at Texas Southern University; while working as
an instructor of clinical pharmacy at his alma mater, he developed
an educational outreach campaign offering medical screenings to
low-income residents; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Leland was only 28 when he won election
to the Texas House of Representatives from District 88, then
located in Harris County; he quickly gained renown as a champion of
health care for the poor, and he helped secure passage of
legislation giving those in need access to affordable generic
drugs; a member of numerous committees, he became the first African
American to serve on the Senate-House Conference Committee as a
member of the House Appropriations Committee, and he was vice chair
of the Joint Committee on Prison Reform; and
WHEREAS, In 1978, following three terms in the Texas
Legislature, Congressman Leland was elected to the United States
House of Representatives; he founded the House Select Committee on
Hunger and helped establish the National Commission on AIDS; in
addition, he secured passage of bills providing fresh produce to
low-income families and medical clinics and food to the homeless;
he also served as chair of the Black Caucus, and he won praise from
the State Department for his successful efforts in arranging the
release of four Americans imprisoned in Cuba; tragically, he lost
his life in a plane crash in 1989, while leading a relief mission to
a refugee camp in Ethiopia; his contributions have since continued
to resonate, and over the years, a number of facilities and
initiatives have been renamed in his honor, among them a federal
building in Houston, the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality's Internship Program, and the Mickey Leland College
Preparatory Academy for Young Men; moreover, the Barbara
Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern
University celebrates the contributions of these two
groundbreaking representatives from the 18th Congressional
District; and
WHEREAS, Mickey Leland demonstrated a tremendous commitment
to his fellow Texans and to vulnerable people the world over, and
his legacy remains a source of inspiration to all; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate the 46th anniversary of Mickey
Leland being sworn in as a member of the Texas House of
Representatives.
Reynolds
Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson
Allen Guillen Ortega
Allison Gutierrez Pacheco
Anchia Harless Paddie
Anderson Harris Parker
Ashby Hefner Patterson
Bailes Hernandez Paul
Beckley Herrero Perez
Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan
Bell of Montgomery Holland Price
Bernal Howard Ramos
Biedermann Huberty Raney
Blanco Hunter Raymond
Bohac Israel Reynolds
Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez
Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose
Bucy Kacal Rosenthal
Burns King of Hemphill Sanford
Burrows King of Parker Schaefer
Button King of Uvalde Shaheen
Cain Klick Sheffield
Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr.
Canales Kuempel Shine
Capriglione Lambert Smith
Clardy Landgraf Smithee
Cole Lang Springer
Coleman Larson Stephenson
Collier Leach Stickland
Cortez Leman Stucky
Craddick Longoria Swanson
Cyrier Lozano Talarico
Darby Lucio III Thierry
Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
Dean Metcalf Tinderholt
Deshotel Meyer Toth
Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas
Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant
Farrar Miller VanDeaver
Fierro Minjarez Vo
Flynn Moody Walle
Frank Morrison White
Frullo Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
Geren Murphy Wray
Gervin-Hawkins Murr Wu
Goldman Neave Zedler
González of Dallas Nevárez Zerwas
González of El Paso Noble Zwiener
Goodwin
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 105 was adopted by the House on February
19, 2019, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House