Bill Text: TX HR120 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Rosa Navejar on her election as board chair of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR120-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 120 |
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WHEREAS, Rosa Navejar has been elected as board chair of the | ||
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, becoming the first Latina to hold | ||
that position in the chamber's 140-year history; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Navejar is president of The Rios Group, Inc., | ||
which she established in 2012; she previously spent 25 years in the | ||
banking industry, followed by more than a decade as president of the | ||
Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to her community, Ms. Navejar has | ||
served on numerous boards and committees, including the Fort Worth | ||
Executive Roundtable and the Safe City Commission, as well as the | ||
City of Fort Worth Task Force on Race and Culture and Transportation | ||
and Infrastructure Committee; moreover, she was appointed by U.S. | ||
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to the National Freight | ||
Advisory Committee, and she was vice chair of Trinity Metro; her | ||
accolades include the John V. McMillan Hall of Fame Award from the | ||
Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Women's Transportation | ||
Seminar Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award, and the Fort Worth | ||
Business Press Minority Leader in Business award, and in 2016, she | ||
was inducted into the Fort Worth Business Press Entrepreneur Hall | ||
of Fame; and | ||
WHEREAS, With her outstanding leadership, professionalism, | ||
and commitment to excellence, Rosa Navejar has earned the lasting | ||
respect and admiration of her colleagues and fellow citizens, and | ||
her experience and expertise are sure to serve her well as she takes | ||
on this exciting new role; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Rosa Navejar on her election as | ||
board chair of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and that she be | ||
extended sincere best wishes for a productive tenure; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Navejar as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Romero, Jr. | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 120 was adopted by the House on March | ||
8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||