Bill Text: TX HR810 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on her 95th birthday.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR810 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR810-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 810 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 95th birthday of Dolores Huerta on April 10, | ||
| 2025, provides a fitting opportunity to celebrate the life of one of | ||
| the most influential labor leaders of our era; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in 1930, Ms. Huerta has distinguished herself | ||
| as a dedicated activist for civil and labor rights; in 1955, she | ||
| cofounded the Stockton, California, chapter of the Community | ||
| Services Organization, a grassroots group dedicated to ending | ||
| segregation, discrimination, and police brutality while improving | ||
| social and economic conditions for farmworkers; she then launched | ||
| the Agricultural Workers Association and joined forces with Cesar | ||
| Chavez in 1962 to establish the National Farm Workers Association; | ||
| three years later, the AWA and NFWA merged to become the United Farm | ||
| Workers; her skill as an organizer and negotiator proved key in the | ||
| grape workers' strike that lasted from 1965 to 1970 and ended with a | ||
| historic agreement that brought unemployment and health care | ||
| benefits and reduced the use of dangerous pesticides; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Huerta went on to galvanize national attention | ||
| with the lettuce boycott, paving the way for the Agricultural Labor | ||
| Relations Act of 1975, the first law to recognize collective | ||
| bargaining rights for farmworkers; in subsequent decades, she | ||
| served as UFW vice president and advocated powerfully for such | ||
| causes as comprehensive immigration reform, women's rights, and | ||
| greater representation of Latinos and women in public office; since | ||
| stepping down as vice president in 1999, she has continued her vital | ||
| endeavors by focusing on a range of issues, including income | ||
| inequality; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Widely admired for her contributions, Ms. Huerta was | ||
| inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993, and she was | ||
| presented with the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights in | ||
| 1998; her receipt of the $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative | ||
| Citizenship in 2002 allowed her to create the Dolores Huerta | ||
| Foundation, which helps individuals in low-income communities to | ||
| build organizing and training skills; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of a remarkable life spanning nine | ||
| and a half decades, Dolores Huerta has championed the ideals of | ||
| equality and justice, and she may reflect with pride on her | ||
| wide-ranging accomplishments and on the many significant | ||
| contributions she has made in behalf of her fellow citizens; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dolores Huerta on the joyous | ||
| occasion of her 95th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes | ||
| for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Huerta as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Romero | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 810 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 1, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
