Bill Text: TX HR404 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 5, 2025, as Zoroastrian Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2025-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR404 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR404-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 404 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Zoroastrian faith who reside in Texas | ||
| are gathering in Austin on March 5, 2025, to celebrate Zoroastrian | ||
| Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded by the prophet Zarathushtra in ancient Iran | ||
| more than 3,000 years ago, Zoroastrianism is one of the world's | ||
| oldest monotheistic religions; Zoroastrianism flourished as the | ||
| imperial religion of three Persian empires, the Achaemenid, | ||
| Parthian, and Sasanian, during which times it was the dominant | ||
| religion of an area spanning from Turkey to China; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, there are an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 | ||
| Zoroastrians worldwide; embracing the sacred text Avesta as the | ||
| foundation of their faith, they are defined by their belief in | ||
| truth, righteousness, charity, beneficence, respect and care for | ||
| the environment, and the triumph of good over evil, and they have | ||
| played a long-standing role in fostering interfaith dialogue and | ||
| understanding; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Zoroastrian community in North America, which | ||
| numbers over 25,000 followers, includes those who arrived from the | ||
| Indian subcontinent, who are known as Parsis, and those who came | ||
| from Iran in search of religious freedom; more than 1,100 | ||
| Zoroastrians reside in Texas, with the largest populations being | ||
| found in the Greater Houston area and North Texas; adherents in the | ||
| state represent a wide range of professions, and they include small | ||
| business owners and well-respected community members; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Encompassing a rich and diverse religious | ||
| tradition, Zoroastrianism inspires its worshippers to lead | ||
| virtuous lives through their words and deeds, and the Lone Star | ||
| State is enriched and strengthened by the many contributions of | ||
| members of this faith who call our state home; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 5, 2025, as Zoroastrian Day at | ||
| the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to those who are | ||
| visiting Austin in observance of this occasion. | ||
| Bhojani | ||
| Bumgarner | ||
| Wu | ||
| Howard | ||
| Lujan | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 404 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 13, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
