Bill Text: TX HR55 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Officer Dana Thomasson of the La Marque Police Department for assisting in the safe return of a missing child on December 23, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR55-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 55 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Officer Dana Thomasson of the La Marque Police | ||
| Department received a commendation on January 9, 2023, in honor of | ||
| her role in rescuing a child who had gone missing during the | ||
| December 2022 winter storm; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On December 22, an Arctic front blew into Galveston | ||
| County, causing temperatures to plunge to the teens and low 20s; the | ||
| frigid weather heightened the community's fears when a six-year-old | ||
| boy vanished while playing in his front yard on December 23, | ||
| prompting the La Marque Police Department to launch an immediate | ||
| search around the area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Officer Dana Thomasson, a member of the department | ||
| since 2017, volunteered with the search efforts, despite being off | ||
| duty that day; after going door-to-door and searching a number of | ||
| yards, she spotted the boy sheltering in the bushes of a residence, | ||
| bringing the nine-hour-long ordeal to an end; the boy was found to | ||
| be unharmed, much to the relief of his family and all those who had | ||
| worked tirelessly to locate him; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By taking action to rescue a child in grave danger, | ||
| Officer Dana Thomasson helped to avert what could have been a | ||
| terrible tragedy, and she is indeed deserving of recognition for | ||
| her outstanding devotion to duty; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Officer Dana Thomasson for assisting in | ||
| the safe return of a missing child on December 23, 2022, 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 Officer Thomasson as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Leo-Wilson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 55 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 | ||
