Bill Text: TX HR2163 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Pastor Jeff King for his assistance in helping to secure the safe return of an eight-year-old kidnapping victim in Fort Worth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2163-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2163 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Jeff King of Bear Creek Bible Church in | ||
| Keller is being hailed as a hero after providing a tip to the Fort | ||
| Worth Police Department that led to the safe return of a kidnapped | ||
| child; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On May 18, 2019, an eight-year-old girl was abducted | ||
| by a man in a car while walking with her mother, and the make and | ||
| color of the perpetrator's vehicle was soon thereafter reported in | ||
| an Amber Alert; learning that the victim was the daughter of a | ||
| childhood friend, Pastor King enlisted the help of another friend | ||
| to search for the car, and at the suggestion of police, they focused | ||
| on local apartment buildings, hotels, and parks; their efforts | ||
| proved fruitless for several hours, but soon after arriving at a | ||
| Forest Hill hotel 12 miles from where the girl had been taken, they | ||
| spotted the suspect's car; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After receiving Pastor King's tip, officers raided a | ||
| room at the hotel and found both the victim and the suspect; the | ||
| girl was transported to a local hospital in good condition, and she | ||
| was soon united with her elated and profoundly grateful family; the | ||
| suspect has been charged with aggravated kidnapping; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pastor Jeff King's assistance proved vital in | ||
| rescuing a child in grave danger, and citizens across the state are | ||
| deeply appreciative of the initiative that he demonstrated in a | ||
| time of crisis; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Jeff King for helping to secure the safe | ||
| return of an eight-year-old kidnapping victim and extend to him | ||
| sincere gratitude for his essential contributions; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Pastor King as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Capriglione | ||
| Goldman | ||
| Tinderholt | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2163 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
