Bill Text: TX HR176 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Officer Mitchell Aaron Penton of the Dallas Police Department and commemorating his posthumous receipt of the Star of Texas Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-08 - Reported enrolled [HR176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR176-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 176 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Officer Mitchell Aaron Penton of the Dallas Police | ||
| Department is being posthumously honored with a Star of Texas Award | ||
| on September 10, 2021, at a ceremony in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established by the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003, | ||
| the Star of Texas Awards annually recognize first responders who | ||
| have been seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; | ||
| recipients are selected by three advisory committees appointed by | ||
| the governor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On February 13, 2021, Officer Penton responded to a | ||
| collision on the North Central Expressway; as he was securing | ||
| traffic at the scene, a drunk driver hit his patrol car, which in | ||
| turn struck Officer Penton; he later died of his injuries at Baylor | ||
| University Medical Center; he was 27 years old; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Arlington on March 29, 1993, Mitchell Penton | ||
| was the son of Timothy and Kathy Penton, and he grew up with two | ||
| siblings, Garrett and Sydney; he earned his bachelor's degree in | ||
| criminal justice from Rogers State University in 2015 and graduated | ||
| from the police academy in 2019 before beginning his service with | ||
| the Northeast Patrol Division; devoted to his loved ones, he | ||
| married Noel Bergenske Penton in October 2020; the couple were | ||
| raising a son, Cashton, and were expecting another child at the time | ||
| of Officer Penton's death; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texans owe an immense debt of gratitude to the men | ||
| and women of the law enforcement profession who willingly place | ||
| themselves in harm's way to protect and serve the public, and the | ||
| presentation of a Star of Texas Award in memory of Officer Penton | ||
| ensures that his dedication and sacrifice will not be forgotten; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
| Officer Mitchell Aaron Penton and commemorate his posthumous | ||
| receipt of a Star of Texas Award; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Officer | ||
| Penton. | ||
| Crockett | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 176 was adopted by the House on | ||
| September 2, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
