Bill Text: TX SCR19 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 19)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-30 - Signed by the Governor [SCR19 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SCR19-Enrolled.html

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S.C.R. No. 19

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The National Life Monument celebrates the miracle of
life and the women at the center of that miracle; and
WHEREAS, Sculpted by artist Timothy Schmalz, the bronze
sculpture depicts a mother with an unborn child cradled in a
world-shaped womb; and
WHEREAS, The eight-foot statue can be seen at the Church of
San Marcello al Corso in Rome and at the Theological College in
Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Under Chapter 443, Government Code, and rules of the
State Preservation Board, a portion of the north Capitol grounds is
available for new monuments, subject to legislative approval,
specified procedural requirements, the provision of funding from
private donors, conformity to certain size and design limitations
and parameters, and completion on a timely basis; and
WHEREAS, A replica of the monument on the Capitol grounds
would provide a communal place for Texans to celebrate the beauty of
human life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby authorize the State Preservation Board, subject to state law
and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a Texas Life
Monument at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the
historic Capitol grounds; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an
official copy of this resolution to the executive director of the
State Preservation Board.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the Senate
on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House
on May 20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 98, Nays 44,
five present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor