Bill Text: TX HR930 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Byron Johnson of Waco on being named the 2013 Big Brother of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-28 - Reported enrolled [HR930 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR930-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 930 |
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WHEREAS, Byron Johnson of Waco has been named the 2013 Big | ||
Brother of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping young people reach their | ||
potential, BBBS Lone Star serves more than 30,000 children in over | ||
100 Texas counties; the program pairs children, "littles," with | ||
screened volunteer mentors, "bigs," and monitors and supports these | ||
relationships as they develop; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson, the director of the Institute for | ||
Studies of Religion at Baylor University, has served as a big | ||
brother to Blake West for more than four years; his efforts have | ||
contributed to Blake's success in school, and he has encouraged | ||
Blake to set his sights on college; moreover, thanks in part to | ||
Dr. Johnson's guidance, Blake is working toward his goal of a | ||
career in law enforcement by volunteering as a member of the junior | ||
police academy; and | ||
WHEREAS, Having studied factors related to youth behavior in | ||
his research, Dr. Johnson believes in the power of organizations | ||
such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, and as he and his wife prepared | ||
for an empty nest, he decided to get involved; today, he is an | ||
enthusiastic recruiter for BBBS on the Baylor campus, where in | ||
addition to leading the institute, he is a distinguished professor | ||
of the social sciences and directs the Program on Prosocial | ||
Behavior; and | ||
WHEREAS, Byron Johnson has demonstrated outstanding | ||
commitment to his little brother in Big Brothers Big Sisters and to | ||
the goals of the program, and in so doing, he serves as a source of | ||
inspiration to all who know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Byron Johnson on being named the | ||
2013 Big Brother of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | ||
and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success and | ||
happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Johnson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Anderson | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 930 was adopted by the House on March | ||
27, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||