By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.C.R. No. 36
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2023;
April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
HughesX
PaxtonX
BettencourtX
BirdwellX
LaMantiaX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
ParkerX
PerryX
SchwertnerX
ZaffiriniX
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs
continues to exact a heavy toll on survivors, their loved ones, and
the families of the slain; and
WHEREAS, In the attack, 26 Texans were killed and 20 more were
wounded; today, survivors still struggle with impairments and
endure physical and emotional pain; injuries require ongoing care,
therapy, and psychological treatment, leaving families burdened by
medical expenses even as they adapt to lost income and earning
capacity; and
WHEREAS, The United States government has thus far failed to
extend the same level of support it has provided in the wake of
similar horrific incidents; it agreed to pay $88 million to the
families of nine people shot dead at Emanuel AME Church in
Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and it offered $127.5 million
to the families of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and
WHEREAS, In the years to come, the aftereffects of the
Sutherland Springs shooting will remain a source of tremendous
suffering and hardship in the lives of those who survived, their
families, and the families of those who perished; and
WHEREAS, Their suffering and hardship deserves equitable
requital to their peers; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby urge the United States Congress to ensure that the survivors
and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting
receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those
impacted by similar incidents; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families
of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation
equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar
incidents.
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