Bill Text: TX SCR2 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating April as Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SCR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SCR2-Introduced.html
| 89R6217 AMB-D | ||
| By: Flores | S.C.R. No. 2 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Silver-Haired Legislature has benefited | ||
| our state in countless ways over the course of four decades, and its | ||
| achievements are indeed deserving of recognition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Designed to encourage older Texans to take an active | ||
| role in legislative and governmental affairs, TSHL traces its | ||
| origins to April 1985, when the 69th Texas Legislature passed | ||
| S.C.R. 37 to establish the program; the elected members of the | ||
| inaugural TSHL body met for a training and orientation session in | ||
| July 1986, and they were sworn in by the Texas secretary of state | ||
| the following September; the initiative was modeled on similar | ||
| programs in other states, the first of which was organized in | ||
| Missouri in 1973; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, TSHL is a nonpartisan organization composed | ||
| of up to 123 members, age 60 and over, who are elected by and | ||
| represent the state's 28 Texas Area Agencies on Aging; TSHL members | ||
| strive to promote good government by discussing and advocating for | ||
| action on issues affecting older Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In carrying out their work, members serve on | ||
| committees covering a range of subject areas; during the group's | ||
| biennial legislative session at the Texas Capitol, members debate | ||
| and vote on resolutions addressing key issues, and the approved | ||
| resolutions are presented to state lawmakers and other officials; | ||
| over the years, TSHL has impacted more than 275 pieces of | ||
| legislation, and its involvement has resulted in legislative action | ||
| on a variety of issues, including the establishment of the Silver | ||
| Alert program for missing seniors, criminal penalties for senior | ||
| financial abuse, and efforts to assure the soundness of pension | ||
| funding for the Employees Retirement System and Teacher Retirement | ||
| System of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The vitality of our democratic system depends on an | ||
| informed and engaged citizenry, and since its inception, the Texas | ||
| Silver-Haired Legislature has made a positive difference in the | ||
| Lone Star State by drawing on the knowledge and experience of older | ||
| Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate April as Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Month; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
