Bill Text: TX HR1344 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Texas Ranger Lieutenant Roland A. Villarreal Jr. on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1344-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1344 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Texas Ranger Lieutenant Roland A. Villarreal Jr. is | ||
| retiring from the Texas Department of Public Safety on March 31, | ||
| 2023, drawing to a close an outstanding career with the agency that | ||
| has spanned 28 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Roland Villarreal joined DPS in 1995, and after | ||
| graduating from the academy, he was stationed in Zapata as a Texas | ||
| Highway Patrol officer; he was subsequently assigned as a criminal | ||
| law enforcement trooper with the Narcotics Service in McAllen, and | ||
| in 2000, he was elevated to the position of sergeant investigator, | ||
| subsequently transferring to Corpus Christi; in 2009, he was | ||
| promoted to lieutenant in the Narcotics Service and assigned to | ||
| Eagle Pass; he later transferred to McAllen and Weslaco, where he | ||
| oversaw a drug squad and a major gang unit; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In September 2014, Lieutenant Villarreal was | ||
| appointed as a Texas Ranger, and he served in Harlingen, Weslaco, | ||
| and Edinburg before becoming a lieutenant with Texas Rangers | ||
| Company E in El Paso and then Company D in Weslaco; his many | ||
| responsibilities have included working as a crisis negotiator, | ||
| investigating the 1960 cold case of Irene Garza, and leading the | ||
| Company D Special Response Team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Roland Villarreal's dedication, expertise, and | ||
| commitment to preserving the peace have greatly benefited the | ||
| people of Texas and earned him the respect and admiration of his | ||
| fellow officers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career | ||
| well spent as he embarks upon the next exciting chapter of his life; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Texas Ranger Lieutenant Roland A. | ||
| Villarreal Jr. on his retirement from the Texas Department of | ||
| Public Safety and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Lieutenant Villarreal as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Canales | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1344 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
