Bill Text: TX HR1230 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating State Representative Senfronia Thompson on the dedication of the auditorium at Booker T. Washington High School and the High School for Engineering Professions in her honor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1230 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1230-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1230 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Booker T. Washington High School and the High School | ||
| for Engineering Professions in Houston dedicated the campus | ||
| auditorium in honor of State Representative Senfronia Thompson on | ||
| April 24, 2021; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A member of the Washington High Class of 1957, | ||
| Representative Thompson was also recognized as the first supporter | ||
| of the school's new "The Vision" Community Statue Project; the | ||
| student-led initiative is raising money for a plaza on campus with a | ||
| statue of the school's namesake as its centerpiece; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Representative Thompson, the dean of the Texas | ||
| House, is both the longest-serving woman and longest-serving | ||
| African American in the legislature; first elected in 1972, she has | ||
| worked tirelessly in behalf of the most vulnerable; she has crafted | ||
| groundbreaking legislation to combat human trafficking, and she is | ||
| the author of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, the Chief Justice | ||
| Jack Pope Act, which increases access to legal aid for low-income | ||
| Texans with civil cases, and the Michael Morton Act, promoting | ||
| greater fairness in the criminal justice system; in addition, she | ||
| has secured passage of a host of other laws benefiting women, | ||
| children, and the elderly; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Currently chair of the Licensing and Administrative | ||
| Procedures Committee, Representative Thompson also serves on the | ||
| Redistricting and the Business and Industry Committees; she has | ||
| served the house in numerous leadership roles through the years, | ||
| including chair of the Public Health, Judicial Affairs, and Local | ||
| and Consent Calendars Committees and co-chair of the Human | ||
| Trafficking Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among myriad accolades, Representative Thompson has | ||
| received the Rosa Parks Award from the Texas Legislative Black | ||
| Caucus, and she was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in | ||
| 2014; in addition, she has been named one of the Top Ten Best | ||
| Legislators by Texas Monthly; she graduated from the Thurgood | ||
| Marshall School of Law and holds a master of law degree in | ||
| international law from the University of Houston as well; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Senfronia Thompson has made a positive difference in | ||
| the lives of countless Texans over the course of her remarkable | ||
| legislative career, and the auditorium that bears her name will | ||
| serve as a lasting reminder to Washington High students of the | ||
| tremendous good that one person can accomplish; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Senfronia Thompson | ||
| on the dedication of the auditorium at Booker T. Washington High | ||
| School and the High School for Engineering Professions in her honor | ||
| and extend to her sincere appreciation for her many contributions | ||
| to the state; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Representative Thompson as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| J. Johnson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1230 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 23, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
