Bill Text: TX HR266 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Angela Hale for her service to the LGBTQIA+ communities of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-26 - Reported enrolled [HR266 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR266-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 266 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Angela Hale has been a leader in the fight for social | ||
| justice for members of the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas, and her | ||
| efforts have made a positive difference in numerous lives; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Dallas native, Ms. Hale is the founder and | ||
| managing partner of Red Media Group, a strategic communications and | ||
| public affairs company; she has assisted Equality Texas since 2015, | ||
| leading advocacy and communications strategy and serving as a | ||
| senior advisor; in addition, she served the organization as interim | ||
| CEO during summer and fall of 2019; she guided communications | ||
| strategy in support of the legalization of gay marriage for Akin, | ||
| Gump, Straus, Hauer, and Feld, and she has led business coalitions | ||
| in their battles to defeat dozens of discriminatory bills; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Hale began her career as an Emmy Award-winning | ||
| television journalist, employed by such large media corporations as | ||
| CBS and Viacom in Dallas, San Antonio, and Laredo, as well as | ||
| Florida; subsequently, she worked in politics in North Texas before | ||
| moving to Austin to become the top senior policy advisor and | ||
| communications and media operations executive in the office of the | ||
| Texas Attorney General; she also served as the senior policy and | ||
| communications executive for the speaker of the Texas House; her | ||
| expertise in government affairs, crisis communications, and public | ||
| relations allows her to advise a wide range of clients, from | ||
| international law firms and Fortune 500 companies to municipal | ||
| governments, economic development corporations, trade | ||
| associations, and nonprofit organizations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Angela Hale is working to further inclusion and | ||
| equality in the Lone Star State, and she may indeed reflect with | ||
| pride on her many noteworthy accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Angela Hale for her | ||
| service to the LGBTQIA+ communities of Texas and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success in her important work; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Hale as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| González of El Paso | ||
| González of Dallas | ||
| Zwiener | ||
| Johnson of Dallas | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 266 was adopted by the House on | ||
| October 18, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
