Bill Text: TX HR89 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Major General Robert J. Bodisch Sr. on his induction as commander of the Texas State Guard.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-22 - Reported enrolled [HR89 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR89-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 89 |
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WHEREAS, Major General Robert J. Bodisch Sr. is being sworn | ||
in as commander of the Texas State Guard on January 26, 2019, and | ||
this is a fitting occasion to pay tribute to his long history of | ||
exemplary service to the people of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a member of | ||
the Texas State Guard for more than three decades, General Bodisch | ||
is currently the guard's interim commander; he has previously | ||
served as chief of staff of the Department of Public Safety and as | ||
deputy director of Texas Homeland Security, with responsibility for | ||
the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division and the Texas | ||
Division of Emergency Management; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1973, General Bodisch embarked on a 45-year | ||
career in law enforcement, starting as a deputy sheriff in Harris | ||
County; he went on to serve as a lieutenant investigator with the | ||
Harris County District Attorney's Office, as chief investigator | ||
with the Texas Prosecutor Council, and as senior criminal | ||
investigator with the Texas Attorney General's Office; and | ||
WHEREAS, General Bodisch was director of the Texas Narcotics | ||
Control Program from 1996 to 2001, and he subsequently served as | ||
director of education and training for the Texas Commission on Law | ||
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education as well as assistant | ||
director of the attorney general's Office of Special | ||
Investigations; he also completed two tours of duty in Iraq with the | ||
U.S. Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative | ||
Training Assistance Program, earning the Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
Joint Civilian Service Commendation Medal in 2005 and the U.S. Army | ||
Outstanding Civilian Service Medal in 2007; and | ||
WHEREAS, For nearly half a century, Robert Bodisch has | ||
dedicated himself to preserving the peace and protecting the | ||
citizens of our state and nation, and he may indeed reflect with | ||
pride on his outstanding record of achievement as he takes on the | ||
challenges and opportunities of his new position; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Major General Robert J. Bodisch Sr. | ||
on his induction as commander of the Texas State Guard and extend to | ||
him sincere best wishes for continued success in his important | ||
work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for General Bodisch as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
King of Parker | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 89 was adopted by the House on January | ||
22, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||