Bill Text: TX HR253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Judge Chad Bridges for his 20 years of service to Fort Bend County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR253-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 253 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Honorable Chad Bridges has ably served the | ||
| people of Fort Bend County for 20 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Chad Bridges began his career with Fort Bend County | ||
| in 2003, when he joined the district attorney's office; in 2015, he | ||
| was appointed as judge of the 240th District Court by Governor Greg | ||
| Abbott, and after his term ended in 2018, he became the chief | ||
| prosecutor of the county's Family Violence Division; he was | ||
| recently elected as judge of the 458th District Court in Fort Bend | ||
| County, and he was sworn into office on January 1, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in his professional community, Judge Bridges | ||
| served as the president and director of the county Crime Victim | ||
| Response Team (CVRT), and he also trains other judges for the Texas | ||
| Council on Family Violence; he has been a faculty advisor for the | ||
| Texas District and County Attorneys Association's Advanced Trial | ||
| Skills course, and in 2017, he was published in the Texas Center for | ||
| the Judiciary's In Chambers journal; he became board certified in | ||
| criminal law in 2020 and currently serves as an adjunct professor of | ||
| criminal justice at Houston Christian University; his honors | ||
| include the CVRT Carol Rees Award for outstanding service to crime | ||
| victims, and in January 2023, he received a 20-Year Service Award | ||
| from the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court in recognition of his | ||
| unwavering commitment to the county; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The dedication and integrity demonstrated by Chad | ||
| Bridges have greatly benefited area residents and earned him the | ||
| respect and admiration of his peers, and he may take justifiable | ||
| pride in his exemplary record of achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Chad Bridges for his 20 years of service to | ||
| Fort Bend County and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Judge Bridges as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Jetton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 253 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
