Bill Text: TX HR586 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 217th anniversary of the birth of Benito Juárez and honoring Latino businesses in the Lone Star State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-21 - Reported enrolled [HR586 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR586-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 586 |
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WHEREAS, An important day on the Mexican calendar, March 21, | ||
2023, marks the 217th anniversary of the birth of national hero | ||
Benito Juárez; and | ||
WHEREAS, Benito Juárez rose from humble beginnings to become | ||
the first indigenous president of Mexico and served five terms, | ||
spanning two civil wars; born in 1806 to Zapotec Indian parents, he | ||
graduated from the Franciscan seminary in Oaxaca and earned a law | ||
degree from the Institute of Sciences and Arts; he supported | ||
indigenous rights from the very beginning of his career in | ||
government, as a member of the Oaxaca city council; and | ||
WHEREAS, After winning election to the national Chamber of | ||
Deputies, Mr. Juárez helped draft the transformational | ||
Constitution of 1857, which abolished slavery and granted complete | ||
equality under the law; it protected individual Mexicans with a | ||
bill of rights, including freedom of speech, assembly, and the | ||
press; one provision of that charter, known as the Ley Juárez, | ||
drastically limited the power and privilege of the Catholic Church | ||
and the military; and | ||
WHEREAS, Conservatives rebelled against democratization, but | ||
President Juárez led Liberal forces to victory in the War of the | ||
Reform; he then triumphed over foreign occupation in a second war, | ||
known as the French Intervention, securing the future of the | ||
Republic; his leadership ushered in a period known as La Reforma, | ||
the Reform, a political and social revolution that brought about | ||
the expropriation of church lands, the subordination of the army to | ||
civilian control, and the separation of church and state in public | ||
affairs; President Juárez died in office in 1872, and 16 years | ||
later, the city of El Paso del Norte was renamed Ciudad Juárez in | ||
his honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Benito Juárez is justly revered as one of Mexico's | ||
greatest heroes, and every March, a national holiday reminds | ||
citizens of the vital role he played in the history of the Americas; | ||
many companies in Mexico close to mark this occasion, and we may | ||
take this opportunity to celebrate the outstanding contributions | ||
made by Latino businesses in Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 217th anniversary of the birth | ||
of Benito Juárez and honor Latino businesses in the Lone Star State. | ||
Morales of Harris | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 586 was adopted by the House on March | ||
21, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||