Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1		-	H.C.R. No. 36
	1	+	By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.C.R. No. 36
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2023;
	3	+	April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	COMMITTEE VOTE
	10	+	YeaNayAbsentPNV
	11	+	HughesX
	12	+	PaxtonX
	13	+	BettencourtX
	14	+	BirdwellX
	15	+	LaMantiaX
	16	+	MenéndezX
	17	+	MiddletonX
	18	+	ParkerX
	19	+	PerryX
	20	+	SchwertnerX
	21	+	ZaffiriniX
4	22		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	23		WHEREAS, The 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs
6	24		continues to exact a heavy toll on survivors, their loved ones, and
7	25		the families of the slain; and
8	26		WHEREAS, In the attack, 26 Texans were killed and 20 more were
9	27		wounded; today, survivors still struggle with impairments and
10	28		endure physical and emotional pain; injuries require ongoing care,
11	29		therapy, and psychological treatment, leaving families burdened by
12	30		medical expenses even as they adapt to lost income and earning
13	31		capacity; and
14	32		WHEREAS, The United States government has thus far failed to
15	33		extend the same level of support it has provided in the wake of
16	34		similar horrific incidents; it agreed to pay $88 million to the
17	35		families of nine people shot dead at Emanuel AME Church in
18	36		Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and it offered $127.5 million
19	37		to the families of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory
20	38		Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and
21	39		WHEREAS, In the years to come, the aftereffects of the
22	40		Sutherland Springs shooting will remain a source of tremendous
23	41		suffering and hardship in the lives of those who survived, their
24	42		families, and the families of those who perished; and
25	43		WHEREAS, Their suffering and hardship deserves equitable
26	44		requital to their peers; now, therefore, be it
27	45		RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
28	46		hereby urge the United States Congress to ensure that the survivors
29	47		and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting
30	48		receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those
31	49		impacted by similar incidents; and, be it further
32	50		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
33	51		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
34	52		the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
35	53		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
36	54		members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
37	55		this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
38	56		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
39		-	Guillen
40		-	______________________________ ______________________________
41		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
42		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 36 was adopted by the House on April
43		-	20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
44		-	voting.
45		-	______________________________
46		-	Chief Clerk of the House
47		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 36 was adopted by the Senate on May
48		-	17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
49		-	______________________________
50		-	Secretary of the Senate
51		-	APPROVED: __________________
52		-	Date
53		-	__________________
54		-	Governor
	57	+	Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families
	58	+	of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation
	59	+	equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar
	60	+	incidents.
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