Bill Text: TX SCR4 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the Capitol Complex Child Development Center "Emma's Garden" in honor of Emma Barrientos.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR4-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 4 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Capitol Complex Child Development Center moved | ||
| to a new facility in the Barbara Jordan State Office Building in | ||
| August 2022, and this milestone provides a welcome opportunity to | ||
| name the center "Emma's Garden" in honor of the late Emma | ||
| Barrientos; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1989, the 71st Texas Legislature established the | ||
| child development center by passing Senate Bill 1480, which was | ||
| authored by former State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos and supported | ||
| by his wife, Emma Barrientos; over the course of more than three | ||
| decades, the center has provided childcare services to employees of | ||
| the State of Texas and to the faculty and staff of The University of | ||
| Texas at Austin; construction of the new facility commenced in | ||
| 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A respected civic leader, Ms. Barrientos devoted | ||
| much of her time to political activism; throughout the 1960s and | ||
| 1970s, she participated in marches and rallies in support of | ||
| organized labor and civil rights; additionally, she was | ||
| instrumental in her husband's campaign for state representative, | ||
| and after he joined the Texas Senate, she served as treasurer and | ||
| president of the Texas Senate Ladies Club; later, the couple became | ||
| founding members of the Tejano Democrats; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Barrientos held a deep appreciation for | ||
| cultural engagement, and she helped create Ballet Folklórico de | ||
| Tejas, a professional dance company, as well as the Mexic-Arte | ||
| Museum; moreover, she served as board president of the Austin | ||
| Museum of Art and she was an early supporter of the Mexican American | ||
| Cultural Center in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Emma Barrientos was a champion of the Capitol | ||
| Complex Child Development Center, and naming the facility for her | ||
| would be a fitting tribute to her tireless efforts to make the world | ||
| a better place for all young Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby direct the Texas Facilities Commission to name the Capitol | ||
| Complex Child Development Center "Emma's Garden" in honor of Emma | ||
| Barrientos; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official | ||
| copy of this resolution to the chair and to the executive director | ||
| of the Texas Facilities Commission. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 4 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on May 2, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 4 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, | ||
| one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
