Bill Text: TX SR5 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing that all businesses are essential and all Texans who want to work should be free to earn a living free from government interference.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2021-04-13 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SR5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR5-Introduced.html
87R5916 CLE-D | ||
By: Hall | S.R. No. 5 |
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WHEREAS, All businesses are essential to the financial health | ||
and well-being of the local economy and are therefore essential to | ||
the financial health and well-being of every Texan; and | ||
WHEREAS, Arbitrarily labeling some businesses as | ||
"nonessential" and shutting down entire industries for extended | ||
periods of time creates lasting economic harm; it also creates a | ||
drain on already-strained taxpayer resources, a massive spike in | ||
unemployment, and an increase in the occurrence and impact of | ||
diseases of despair such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, At a time when personal responsibility is more | ||
important than ever, Texans should be trusted to make their own | ||
safety decisions about where to go and how to protect themselves; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Texans who are employed should be able to stay | ||
employed, and Texans who lack employment should be able to gain | ||
employment; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 87th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby recognize that all businesses are essential and all Texans | ||
who want to work should be free to earn a living free from | ||
government interference. |