Bill Text: TX HR270 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Jessica Shortall of Dallas for her advocacy work in behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-26 - Reported enrolled [HR270 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR270-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 270 |
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WHEREAS, Jessica Shortall of Dallas has rendered exceptional | ||
service to the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas and beyond through her | ||
tireless advocacy work; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Shortall is the founding managing director of | ||
Texas Competes, a partnership of business owners, industry | ||
associations, and chambers of commerce; the organization helps | ||
ensure the fair treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers and families, opposes | ||
discriminatory policies, and strives to make the state more | ||
economically competitive by promoting inclusiveness; the | ||
organization is a model for America Competes, an entity also | ||
directed by Ms. Shortall, that provides entrepreneurs with | ||
information, legislative analysis, and other resources so that they | ||
can advocate for equal opportunity for the members of the LGBTQIA+ | ||
communities; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Venezuelan and English immigrants, | ||
Ms. Shortall formerly served with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan, | ||
and she cofounded the Campus Kitchens Project, a food rescue and | ||
hunger relief nonprofit that is active in more than 50 cities in the | ||
U.S.; moreover, she was the first director of giving at TOMS Shoes | ||
and played a key role in building the company's One for One | ||
charitable program; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Shortall earned a master of business | ||
administration degree in 2006 from the University of Oxford, where | ||
she was a Skoll Scholar in social entrepreneurship; she also works | ||
as a strategy consultant, and in all her endeavors she enjoys the | ||
love and support of her husband, Clay, and her two children; and | ||
WHEREAS, By defending the rights of those who are | ||
marginalized, Jessica Shortall is helping to build a more just, | ||
open, and diverse society for all Americans, and she may indeed take | ||
great pride in her many achievements; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Jessica Shortall | ||
for her dedicated advocacy in behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community in | ||
Texas and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
with her important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Shortall 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. 270 was adopted by the House on | ||
October 18, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||