Bill Text: TX HR1856 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing May 23, 2019, as Red Nose Day in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR1856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1856-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1856 |
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WHEREAS, Charities that work to lift children out of poverty | ||
in our nation and around the world will benefit from the fifth | ||
annual Red Nose Day USA, an observance scheduled for May 23, 2019; | ||
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WHEREAS, Red Nose Day started in the United Kingdom, where | ||
the fund-raising organization Comic Relief UK has raised more than £ | ||
1 billion over the past three decades by bringing people together | ||
for fun and laughter; and | ||
WHEREAS, Red Nose Day USA began in 2015 as a program of Comic | ||
Relief USA, an independent sister organization of the British | ||
group; people across the nation are encouraged to do something | ||
funny at home, school, or work to raise money for charity, and the | ||
day will culminate in a star-studded, three-hour block of | ||
prime-time programming on the NBC television network; to date, Red | ||
Nose Day USA has raised nearly $150 million to provide educational | ||
services to more than 960,000 children and care for 75,000 homeless | ||
individuals, as well as more than 36 million meals for the hungry | ||
and over 13 million essential medical services for children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Walgreens | ||
has been the exclusive retailer of Red | ||
Nose Day USA since its inception, selling more than 40 million Red | ||
Noses since 2015, with the proceeds going to the Red Nose Day Fund; | ||
other core partners include Comcast NBCUniversal, Mars Wrigley | ||
Confectionery, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations that have benefited from | ||
Red Nose Day include the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, charity: | ||
water, the Children's Health Fund, Feeding America, Gavi, the | ||
Vaccine Alliance, the Global Fund, LIFT, the National Council of La | ||
Raza, the National Urban League, Oxfam America, Save the Children, | ||
and United Way; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bringing Americans of all ages and backgrounds | ||
together in joy and laughter, this fun and festive event is helping | ||
to create positive change in the world through the power of | ||
entertainment; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize May 23, 2019, as Red Nose Day in Texas. | ||
Lambert | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1856 was adopted by the House on May | ||
23, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||