Bill Text: TX HR345 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Trooper Moises Sanchez of the Texas Highway Patrol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-29 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR345-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Trooper Moises Sanchez of the Texas Highway Patrol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-29 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR345-Introduced.html
87R9145 CJM-D | ||
By: Canales | H.R. No. 345 |
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and colleagues will forever | ||
treasure their memories of Trooper Moises Sanchez of the Texas | ||
Highway Patrol, who tragically lost his life on August 24, 2019, at | ||
the age of 49, from injuries sustained in the line of duty; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born and raised in McAllen as Moises Cruz, | ||
Mr. Sanchez later changed his name to honor his stepfather; a | ||
hardworking student, he graduated in 1989 from McAllen Memorial | ||
High School, where he was a hall of famer in the school's Marine | ||
Corps Junior ROTC program; he went on to serve in the Marines from | ||
1989 to 1991, before embarking on his career in law enforcement; and | ||
WHEREAS, Trooper Sanchez joined the Texas Department of | ||
Public Safety and was assigned to the DPS Palmview station, and he | ||
demonstrated courage and dedication in performing his duties; on | ||
April 6, 2019, he was shot multiple times while responding to a | ||
traffic accident, and he went on to endure a number of surgeries in | ||
the months that followed; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family, Trooper Sanchez | ||
enjoyed the love and support of his wife, Yvonne, whom he married in | ||
1996, and he took great pride in his two sons, Zachary and | ||
Zebastian, and his daughter, Zoey; and | ||
WHEREAS, Moises Sanchez was an exemplary police officer and a | ||
caring husband and father, and his service and sacrifice in behalf | ||
of his community will long be remembered by all those whose lives he | ||
touched; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Trooper Moises | ||
Sanchez and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his | ||
family: to his wife, Yvonne Sanchez; to his children, Zachary, | ||
Zebastian, and Zoey Sanchez; to his parents-in-law, Saul and Santa | ||
Uvalle; to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Garcia; to his | ||
brother-in-law, Saul Uvalle Jr.; to his numerous nieces and | ||
nephews; and to his other relatives, his friends, and his brothers | ||
and sisters in blue; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Moises | ||
Sanchez. |