Bill Text: TX HR2207 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring norteño band Intocable for its contributions to music.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-20 - Reported enrolled [HR2207 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR2207-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 2207

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of Intocable are visiting the State Capitol
on May 17, 2017, and this occasion provides an ideal opportunity to
recognize this acclaimed norteño band for its accomplishments; and
WHEREAS, In the early 1990s, Ricky Javier Muñoz and René
Orlando Martinez of Zapata founded Intocable, and they signed a
record contract with EMI while they were still in high school; the
group's third album, Llévame Contigo, soared to the top of the
Regional Mexican album chart in 1996 and made the top five in the
broader Latin category, setting the stage for a remarkable career;
and
WHEREAS, Intocable expanded the audience for norteño by
incorporating elements from country music, rock, and pop, and over
the years, it has scored a host of number one hits, including
"Robarte un Beso," "Prometí," and "Tu Ausencia"; with legions of
fans in the United States and Mexico, the group has sold out large
venues in both countries, and in 2003, it set a record at Reliant
Stadium in Houston by drawing a crowd of more than 70,000; and
WHEREAS, Among myriad accolades, the group has received
multiple Univision Premio Lo Nuestro awards, as well as a pair of
Grammy awards for the albums Intimamente and Classic; the band's
style has influenced numerous other Tejano and norteño acts, even
as it has continued to explore new musical avenues; in 2010,
Billboard magazine named it Mexican Regional Group of the Decade,
and two years later, at a Dallas Cowboys home game, Intocable became
the first norteño band to play an NFL halftime show; and
WHEREAS, Intocable celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015
with the release of the album XX An
iversario en Vivo; the band also
played a live global telecast that year and donated the proceeds to
St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and it went on to form a partnership
with the hospital to continue raising funds in its behalf; and
WHEREAS, Transcending its genre while remaining one of its
most influential artists, Intocable has enriched the cultural
heritage of the Lone Star State, and it has brought joy to
innumerable people over the course of more than two decades; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Intocable for its contributions to music
and extend to the members sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the band as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Arévalo
Straus Goldman Oliverson
Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
Alvarado Gooden Parker
Anchia Guerra Paul
Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
Arévalo Hefner Phillips
Ashby Hernandez Pickett
Bailes Herrero Price
Bell Hinojosa Raney
Bernal Holland Raymond
Biedermann Howard Reynolds
Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
Bohac Hunter Roberts
Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
Burrows Kacal Sanford
Button Keough Schaefer
Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
Canales King of Parker Schubert
Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
Clardy Klick Sheffield
Coleman Koop Shine
Collier Krause Simmons
Cook Kuempel Smithee
Cortez Lambert Springer
Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
Craddick Lang Stickland
Cyrier Larson Stucky
Dale Laubenberg Swanson
Darby Leach Thierry
Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
Deshotel Martinez Turner
Dukes Metcalf Uresti
Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
Elkins Miller Villalba
Faircloth Minjarez Vo
Fallon Moody Walle
Farrar Morrison White
Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
Frank Murphy Workman
Frullo Murr Wray
Geren Neave Wu
Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2207 was adopted by the House on May 17,
2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House