Bill Text: TX SCR15 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Approving the construction of a statue or monument in the place of the Confederate Soldiers Monument that pays tribute to Texans lost in mass shootings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR15 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR15-Introduced.html
| By: Gutierrez, Eckhardt | S.C.R. No. 15 | |
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| WHEREAS, There were more than 4,000 gun-related deaths in | ||
| Texas in 2020 and gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion dollars | ||
| per year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas also leads the United States in the number of | ||
| firearm mortalities, from 1999-2020, 4,090 Texas children died from | ||
| gun-related injuries; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas also leads the Nation in mass shootings; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On May 24, 2022, 19 school children and two teachers | ||
| were murdered during the attack on Robb Elementary in Uvalde Texas | ||
| using a weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense; and | ||
| WHEREAS, the Confederate Soldiers Monument on the South | ||
| Grounds of the Capitol commemorates Texas' ignoble secession from | ||
| the Union and the Confederate States of America's dangerous and | ||
| immoral quest to enslave human beings; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The victims of mass shootings in Texas should not be | ||
| forgotten in our hearts and minds; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Confederate Soldiers Monument on the South | ||
| grounds of the Capitol shall be removed and placed in the Austin | ||
| State Cemetery; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby approve the construction of a statue or monument in the place | ||
| of the Confederate Soldiers Monument that pays tribute to Texans | ||
| lost in mass shootings; and be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the statue or monument memorializing the | ||
| fallen in mass shootings in Texas be wholly funded by private | ||
| donations and that donor's names not be inscribed on the statue or | ||
| monument; and be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward official copies | ||
| of this resolution to the executive director of the State | ||
| Preservation Board. | ||
