Bill Text: TX HR1315 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the launch of the 2017 ChildSafe Cardboard Kids campaign in Del Rio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-03 - Reported enrolled [HR1315 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1315-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1315 |
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WHEREAS, ChildSafe is launching its Cardboard Kids campaign | ||
in Del Rio on April 7, 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, A community-wide program, Cardboard Kids was | ||
established to heighten awareness about child abuse and neglect; | ||
individuals, civic groups, schools, and businesses can join in this | ||
effort by decorating and displaying two-foot-tall cardboard | ||
cutouts of children, which represent abused and neglected children | ||
in the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Thousands of Cardboard Kids were distributed in | ||
2016; during this year's observance, sponsored by Valero Energy | ||
Foundation, participants will take their cutout to prominent | ||
locations, and they can also share photos on social media to begin | ||
conversations about this urgent matter; and | ||
WHEREAS, Across the country, five children die of abuse every | ||
day; as a children's advocacy center, ChildSafe works to protect | ||
the lives and well-being of youngsters who have been maltreated; it | ||
provides a safe, child-friendly environment where law enforcement, | ||
child protective services, prosecutors, and medical and mental | ||
health professionals can share information and coordinate | ||
strategies sensitive to the needs of each unique case and child; and | ||
WHEREAS, Children are the Lone Star State's most precious | ||
resource, and the Cardboard Kids initiative is helping to inform | ||
and educate the public about an issue of critical importance; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the launch of the 2017 ChildSafe | ||
Cardboard Kids campaign in Del Rio and extend to all those | ||
participating in this important project sincere best wishes for a | ||
successful program; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for ChildSafe as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Nevárez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1315 was adopted by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||