Bill Text: TX HR910 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 2025 Texas A&M University System policy interns.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-24 - Reported enrolled [HR910 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR910-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 910 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Students from several member institutions of The | ||
| Texas A&M University System are providing valuable support to the | ||
| 89th Texas Legislature while gaining experience in public service | ||
| as members of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy | ||
| Internship Program, the Public Policy Internship Program, the Bush | ||
| School of Government and Public Service Capstone Scholars Program, | ||
| the School of Law Residency Externship Program in Public Policy, | ||
| and the Tarleton State University internship program; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For over three decades, the Agricultural and Natural | ||
| Resources Policy Internship Program has sent students from the | ||
| Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences to | ||
| Austin, Washington, D.C., and abroad to work on a wide array of | ||
| issues; their strong background and interest in agriculture and | ||
| natural resources allow them to offer specialized knowledge to | ||
| offices; more than 1,200 students have participated in this program | ||
| to date; the current ANRP interns are Audrey Burchett, Caitlin | ||
| Castro, Jose "Diego" Chapa, Braden Clampit, Kaitlyn Cloud, Elaina | ||
| Estremo, Aiden Hunter, and Greyson Philippovic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University Public Policy Internship | ||
| Program, established in 1999, invites students across all Texas A&M | ||
| University degree programs to create an interdisciplinary | ||
| environment for comprehensive academic training, research, and | ||
| policy programming; interns in the nation's capital, in Austin, and | ||
| abroad serve in a variety of settings that align with their | ||
| professional goals; approximately 1,300 students have participated | ||
| in this program to date; the current PPIP interns are Mazbeen Ali, | ||
| Jonathan Amason, Campbell Beresford, Dastan Bigarli, Jareli | ||
| Cavazos, Gavin Dealy, Stephanie DeCamp, Alexander Elsworth, Roger | ||
| Gonzalez, Annie Mosis, Sarah Olmos, Georgia Page, Haylee Plumley, | ||
| Natalie Portillo Franco, Snigdha Ramineni, Hayden Richards, | ||
| Natasha Simmons, David Taravella, Maria Tellez, Owen Thompson, | ||
| Sebastian Valdivia, Ezra Villarreal, Caleb White, and Pierce | ||
| Whitley, along with Kenneth Arreazola from Texas A&M International | ||
| University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since the 82nd Session, the Bush School of | ||
| Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University has sent a | ||
| select group of graduate students, known as Capstone Scholars, to | ||
| work in the legislature; these students, most of whom intend to work | ||
| in government positions when they graduate, bring knowledge, | ||
| skills, and motivation to their respective offices; their | ||
| legislative experiences add greatly to their professional | ||
| development and benefit the State of Texas in myriad ways; the | ||
| current Bush School Capstone interns are Nick Cooper, Katie Irwin, | ||
| Valerie McKeever, Julia Patterson, Sydney Ramon, Daniel Robinson, | ||
| Kirsten Stewart, and Erin Taravella; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas A&M School of Law Residency Externship | ||
| Program in Public Policy, first offered in 2016, brings law | ||
| students to Washington, D.C., and to Austin to serve in a variety of | ||
| legislative, executive, and advocacy settings that align with their | ||
| professional goals; students are selected for their academic | ||
| achievement, demonstrated interest in public service, and | ||
| completion of studies specific to legislation, regulation, and | ||
| substantive policy law; this preparation allows them to offer | ||
| advanced skills and knowledge to the policymakers and advocates | ||
| with whom they work; current Texas A&M Law students are Payton | ||
| Ramsey and Matthew McGrenera; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 2010, Tarleton State University has sent | ||
| numerous interns to Austin and Washington, D.C., where they work on | ||
| an array of issues; their strong background and interest in public | ||
| policy, history, education, criminal justice, health care, and | ||
| agriculture, among other topics, equip them to offer specialized | ||
| knowledge to legislators; current Tarleton interns are Ashton | ||
| Maitlen, Lacy Malone, Madeleine Odom, Kaydence Vertner, and | ||
| Nicholla Webb; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, these programs have helped | ||
| exceptional students deepen their understanding of legislative | ||
| processes and general government functionality while developing | ||
| important professional skills and critical peer networks, and past | ||
| program participants have gone on to make vital contributions and | ||
| assume leadership roles in a variety of arenas; the outstanding | ||
| young people who are giving of their time and talents, with the | ||
| utmost integrity, throughout this legislative session can indeed | ||
| take pride in their achievements and selfless service to the Lone | ||
| Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize the 2025 Texas A&M University System | ||
| policy interns and commend the current participants for their | ||
| diligence and commitment to excellence; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
| for the students as an expression of high regard by the Texas House | ||
| of Representatives. | ||
| Dyson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 910 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 23, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
