Bill Text: TX HR2448 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro for her more than 24 years of service to Every Texan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2448-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2448 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro retired from Every Texan in | ||
| 2022, drawing to a close more than 24 years of dedicated service to | ||
| the nonprofit advocacy organization; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Mexico, Ms. DeLuna Castro attended | ||
| Harvard University, where she received her bachelor's degree in | ||
| 1988 with honors; she later earned a master's degree from the LBJ | ||
| School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. DeLuna Castro worked for the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public | ||
| Accounts before joining the Center for Public Policy Priorities, | ||
| known today as Every Texan; in her role as state budget analyst, she | ||
| oversaw the organization's fiscal policy analysis and cultivated an | ||
| encyclopedic understanding of the legislative process, state | ||
| fiscal matters, socioeconomic data, and other issues impacting | ||
| Texans; over the course of her career, she set the gold standard for | ||
| independent analysis of Texas public budgets and spending in the | ||
| public interest; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. DeLuna Castro authored countless reports and | ||
| analyses on Texas government spending issues and trends, and she | ||
| worked tirelessly to educate Texans on how taxes and spending | ||
| affect their lives and create more equitable opportunities for all | ||
| citizens; she also demonstrated great skill in using social media | ||
| to highlight important data, benefiting her colleagues, | ||
| legislators and their staff, as well as the general public; since | ||
| her retirement, she has returned to the Texas Legislature to serve | ||
| as senior policy analyst in the office of Representative Trey | ||
| Martinez Fischer; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through her dedication and expertise, Eva DeLuna | ||
| Castro has contributed immeasurably to the goal of strengthening | ||
| public policy in order to ensure that people of all backgrounds can | ||
| thrive and fulfill their potential, and in so doing, she has earned | ||
| the admiration and affection of her colleagues and the lasting | ||
| appreciation of her fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro for her more | ||
| than 24 years of service to Every Texan and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success in her invaluable work; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. DeLuna Castro as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Howard | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2448 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
