By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.C.R. No. 104
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, In the 21st century, residents of the Lone Star
State of all ages, backgrounds, and political persuasions may
directly address their elected legislators through the use of the
social media hashtag #txlege; and
WHEREAS, On Twitter and other online platforms, using #txlege
enables an engaged citizen to participate in unfiltered democracy,
sharing his or her beliefs, principles, complaints, and praise on
all subjects related to the Texas Legislature directly and
instantaneously with the world; and
WHEREAS, This ongoing conversation streams endlessly through
cyberspace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as individuals,
political parties, lobbyists, businesses, nonprofit organizations,
and countless other stakeholders communicate their thoughts about
current and proposed legislation 140 characters at a time; and
WHEREAS, These comments can range widely, from the solemn to
the comical, from the serious to the frivolous, and from the polite
to the not-so-polite, and taken together, they make up a ceaseless,
real-time, and sometimes raw but always fascinating
stream-of-consciousness accounting of what Texans want their
legislators to know; and
WHEREAS, Social media is transforming political discourse in
Texas, across the nation, and around the world, and #txlege
represents an opportunity for every Texan to follow and participate
in this dynamic and freewheeling debate of the issues of the day;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby designate #txlege as the official hashtag of the Texas
Legislature.
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