Bill Text: TX SR40 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Granting permission for use of the chamber of the Texas Senate by the Texas Lyceum on January 26, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-18 - Reported enrolled [SR40 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR40-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Granting permission for use of the chamber of the Texas Senate by the Texas Lyceum on January 26, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-18 - Reported enrolled [SR40 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR40-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Since 1980, the Texas Lyceum has united the | ||
efforts of dynamic leaders committed to addressing the | ||
challenges facing our state and nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nonpartisan, nonpolitical, and nonadversarial, | ||
the Texas Lyceum is based on a concept dating back more than 2,500 | ||
years, to the Aristotelian debates of ancient Greece; | ||
Connecticut resident Josiah Holbrook sparked a resurgence of the | ||
lyceum in the 1820s, and in the following decade, a lyceum was | ||
established in Austin; this predecessor of the Texas Lyceum | ||
welcomed Sam Houston as an honorary member, and it debated | ||
critical issues of the American frontier, including annexation, | ||
slavery, and temperance; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Lyceum counts among its alumni such | ||
notable figures as Governor Greg Abbott, former governor and U.S. | ||
energy secretary Rick Perry, former president George W. Bush, and | ||
Senator Ted Cruz; the organization works to develop the next | ||
generation of leaders while enhancing understanding of | ||
contemporary problems among today's decision-makers; serving as | ||
a catalyst for the exchange of diverse expertise and opinions, it | ||
hosts conferences and other programs that further productive | ||
discussions; in addition, it conducts the nationally recognized | ||
Texas Lyceum Poll and offers fellowships to expand opportunities | ||
for graduate students in public administration; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2023, the Texas Lyceum is sponsoring a public | ||
conference, A Lyceum Look at Elections, in Austin from January 26 | ||
to 28; the Texas Senate heartily supports the worthy goals of the | ||
organization and of this gathering; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, in accordance with Senate rules of procedure and | ||
policies of the Senate Administration Committee, hereby grant | ||
the Texas Lyceum permission to use the Senate Chamber in the | ||
State Capitol on January 26, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., for | ||
its presidential and new class investiture, unless the Texas | ||
Senate is in session on that date. | ||
Bettencourt | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 18, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |