Bill Text: TX SCR42 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR42-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 42 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Special Hearts Day recognizes and celebrates the | ||
| important mission of Special Hearts in the Arts, a nonprofit | ||
| organization that seeks to build more inclusive communities by | ||
| providing opportunities for persons with special needs to engage in | ||
| the arts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Located in Corpus Christi, Special Hearts in the | ||
| Arts offers weekly classes and activities in theater arts, dance, | ||
| music, art, and film to members of the community with special needs; | ||
| the organization embraces a focus on special abilities rather than | ||
| disabilities, and its programs allow persons with special needs to | ||
| explore their own individual talents and showcase their creative | ||
| work; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Developing and sharing their diverse abilities | ||
| empowers participants of Special Hearts in the Arts to express | ||
| their creativity and to connect with others, and experiencing the | ||
| unique gifts each person has to offer enables others to appreciate | ||
| the remarkable contributions these extraordinary individuals make | ||
| in their communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Special Hearts Day pays tribute to the exemplary | ||
| efforts of Special Hearts in the Arts and encourages communities | ||
| throughout the state to promote engagement in the arts for persons | ||
| with special needs; the invaluable work of furthering the | ||
| organization's mission contributes greatly to building and | ||
| strengthening Texas communities, and it is indeed fitting that | ||
| Texans join in supporting and celebrating this mission of | ||
| inclusivity, connection, and enrichment for all; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate December 8 as Special Hearts Day; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 42 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on May 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 42 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
