Bill Text: TX HR172 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing February 18, 2025, as Texas Music Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Filed [HR172 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR172-Introduced.html
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| By: Hunter | H.R. No. 172 | |
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Chapter of the Recording | ||
| Academy are gathering in Austin on February 18, 2025, in | ||
| celebration of the unique musical heritage of our state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The birthplace of such distinctive styles as Texas | ||
| country and Tejano, the Lone Star State has produced culturally | ||
| significant artists in every musical genre; at the Recording | ||
| Academy's 67th annual Grammy Awards and 25th annual Latin Grammy | ||
| Awards, Texas nominees and winners across multiple categories | ||
| included Beyoncé, Erykah Badu, Kirk Franklin, Post Malone, Charley | ||
| Crockett, Yolanda Adams, Khruangbin, Sue Foley, Ruthie Foster, | ||
| Sangeeta Kaur, Israel and New Breed, Jamestown Revival, Shauna and | ||
| Sarah Dodds, Grupo Frontera, Entocable, and El Plan, along with | ||
| many who work behind the scenes, among them producers, engineers, | ||
| and songwriters; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A number of Texas artists have been honored in | ||
| recent years with the prestigious Recording Academy Lifetime | ||
| Achievement Award, including Corpus Christi native Selena | ||
| Quintanilla-Perez and Dallas/Fort Worth native DJ Spinderella as a | ||
| member of Salt-N-Pepa; in addition, Texas claimed back-to-back | ||
| recipients of the academy's Music Educator of the Year Award with | ||
| 2023 honoree Pamela Dawson, director of choral music at DeSoto High | ||
| School, and 2022 winner Stephen Cox, director of bands for Advanced | ||
| Learning Academy and Fox Tech and CAST Tech High Schools in San | ||
| Antonio; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 1998, the Texas Chapter of the | ||
| Recording Academy is dedicated to advancing music education, which | ||
| enriches the lives of countless students, and promoting an industry | ||
| that generates tens of billions of dollars for the state; tied to an | ||
| estimated 210,000-plus jobs, the economic sector is also supported | ||
| by the efforts of the Texas Music Office, created by the Texas | ||
| Legislature for that purpose; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The music industry enhances the prosperity of the | ||
| Lone Star State and contributes significantly to the vibrancy of | ||
| American culture, and it is a pleasure to acknowledge its important | ||
| role; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 18, 2025, as Texas Music | ||
| Advocacy Day at the State Capitol and extend sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success to the members of the Texas Chapter of the | ||
| Recording Academy. | ||
