Bill Text: TX HR2313 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Texas Independence Day 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2313-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2313 |
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WHEREAS, March 2 marks the anniversary of that historic day | ||
in 1836 when residents of Texas officially declared their | ||
independence from Mexico, thereby giving birth to the independent | ||
republic that would stand on its own for more than nine years before | ||
becoming the 28th state of the United States of America; and | ||
WHEREAS, The proud Texans who issued the call for | ||
independence were impelled by Mexican dictator Antonio López de | ||
Santa Anna's adoption of a new constitution in 1836, which | ||
eliminated all vestiges of states' rights for Texas and other | ||
Mexican states; members of the Convention of 1836 met at | ||
Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 of that fateful year and wrote | ||
the Texas Declaration of Independence; as they gathered, the | ||
valiant defenders of the Alamo faced off against the troops of Santa | ||
Anna, thereby reaching a crucial point in their campaign for | ||
greater political freedom; and | ||
WHEREAS, A free and independent Republic of Texas was | ||
officially declared on March 2, 1836; stating the views of the | ||
delegates in no uncertain terms, the Texas Declaration of | ||
Independence listed their grievances against the Mexican | ||
government and announced their bold conclusion: "that the people of | ||
Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent | ||
republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes | ||
which properly belong to independent nations"; and | ||
WHEREAS, The 59 signatories of the Texas Declaration of | ||
Independence enunciated a vision of liberty, independence, and just | ||
government, further spurring their fellow Texans to press forward | ||
for the next six weeks on the battlefield; the victory over Santa | ||
Anna at San Jacinto on April 21 solidified Texas' de facto | ||
independence, and Texans began a dramatic new course of life in the | ||
land they called home; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate Texas Independence Day 2024 and pay | ||
tribute to the immense contributions of those individuals who | ||
helped to found the Republic of Texas. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2313 was adopted by the House on May | ||
29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||