By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) | H.C.R. No. 104 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; | ||
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE VOTE | ||
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HancockX | ||
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CampbellX | ||
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HuffinesX | ||
SchwertnerX | ||
WestX | ||
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WHEREAS, In the 21st century, residents of the Lone Star | ||
State of all ages, backgrounds, and political persuasions may | ||
directly address their elected legislators through the use of the | ||
social media hashtag #txlege; and | ||
WHEREAS, On Twitter and other online platforms, using #txlege | ||
enables an engaged citizen to participate in unfiltered democracy, | ||
sharing his or her beliefs, principles, complaints, and praise on | ||
all subjects related to the Texas Legislature directly and | ||
instantaneously with the world; and | ||
WHEREAS, This ongoing conversation streams endlessly through | ||
cyberspace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as individuals, | ||
political parties, lobbyists, businesses, nonprofit organizations, | ||
and countless other stakeholders communicate their thoughts about | ||
current and proposed legislation 140 characters at a time; and | ||
WHEREAS, These comments can range widely, from the solemn to | ||
the comical, from the serious to the frivolous, and from the polite | ||
to the not-so-polite, and taken together, they make up a ceaseless, | ||
real-time, and sometimes raw but always fascinating | ||
stream-of-consciousness accounting of what Texans want their | ||
legislators to know; and | ||
WHEREAS, Social media is transforming political discourse in | ||
Texas, across the nation, and around the world, and #txlege | ||
represents an opportunity for every Texan to follow and participate | ||
in this dynamic and freewheeling debate of the issues of the day; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate #txlege as the official hashtag of the Texas | ||
Legislature. | ||
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