Bill Text: TX HR131 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-04 - Reported enrolled [HR131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR131-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 131 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Representatives of The University of Texas at San | ||
| Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San | ||
| Antonio are gathering at the State Capitol on February 4, 2025, | ||
| providing a fitting opportunity to congratulate the institutions on | ||
| their merger; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Categorized as an R1 institution by the Carnegie | ||
| Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UTSA boasts a | ||
| rapidly growing portfolio of research in cybersecurity, artificial | ||
| intelligence, space exploration, and biomedical fields; at the | ||
| center of one of the largest cybersecurity ecosystems in the | ||
| nation, the university is home to the National Security | ||
| Collaboration Center, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation | ||
| Institute, and the School of Data Science, the first of its kind in | ||
| Texas; demonstrating a commitment to high-impact research and | ||
| applied technology development, the university is launching the | ||
| College of AI, Cyber, and Computing in fall 2025; and | ||
| WHEREAS, UT Health San Antonio is a nationally ranked | ||
| academic health center with six professional health education | ||
| schools; it is also a global leader for clinical medicine research, | ||
| including in such specialties as cancer, aging, Alzheimer's and | ||
| dementia, infectious diseases, and mental and behavioral health; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, In summer 2025, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio will | ||
| combine to become the third-largest public research university in | ||
| the state; the new entity will encompass more than 40,000 students, | ||
| nearly 16,000 employees, $467 million in research expenditures, a | ||
| $2.2 billion budget, and a $1.1 billion endowment; its direct | ||
| economic impact to Texas is estimated to be over $6 billion; and | ||
| WHEREAS, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio partnered to create | ||
| the UT School of Public Health San Antonio, which educates | ||
| professionals who identify health trends, develop prevention | ||
| strategies, and implement programs to address health issues across | ||
| populations; another collaboration of UTSA and UT Health, the San | ||
| Antonio Life Sciences Institute has expanded the state's health | ||
| sciences workforce in the areas of neuroscience, cancer prevention, | ||
| infectious disease, and regenerative medicine; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The | ||
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have | ||
| provided countless students with a strong foundation for | ||
| achievement, and the merger of these outstanding institutions will | ||
| enable them to make an even greater impact in the local community | ||
| and beyond; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT | ||
| Health San Antonio Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm | ||
| welcome to the visiting delegation. | ||
| Martinez Fischer | ||
| Bernal | ||
| Lalani | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 131 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 4, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
