H.R. No. 440
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, The volunteers, staff, and board members who make up
  the Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates organization are
  gathering in Austin on February 12, 2015, for CASA Day at the State
  Capitol; and
         WHEREAS, Texas CASA is part of a national volunteer movement
  begun in the 1970s that enlists community volunteers to serve as
  court advocates for abused and neglected children; these volunteers
  research the child's situation, provide critical information and
  recommendations to judges about what is best for the child, and help
  ensure that children in the foster care system find safe, permanent
  homes as soon as possible; and
         WHEREAS, The first CASA program in Texas began in Dallas some
  35 years ago; Texas CASA was formed in 1989 and recently celebrated
  its 25th anniversary; Texas CASA provides funding, training,
  coordination, and assistance to 71 local CASA programs statewide
  that last year engaged more than 8,000 volunteers, who gave
  life-changing advocacy, help, and encouragement to 24,742
  children, more than 50 percent of the children in the foster care
  system; and
         WHEREAS, CASA volunteers help to give children in the foster
  care system hope for a better future and provide courts with
  information they need to make well-informed decisions in child
  protective services cases, and their efforts help to ensure that
  the system functions as intended; all those associated with CASA
  are truly deserving of recognition for their service to the State of
  Texas, its courts, and its children; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize February 12, 2015, as CASA Day at the
  State Capitol and commend the organization for its noble efforts to
  aid abused and neglected children; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for CASA as an expression of high regard by the Texas House
  of Representatives.
 
  Otto
 
 
Straus Guerra Otto
 
Allen Guillen Paddie
 
Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
 
Alvarado Harless Paul
 
Anchia Hernandez Peña
 
Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
 
Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
 
Ashby Huberty Pickett
 
Aycock Hughes Price
 
Bell Hunter Raney
 
Blanco Isaac Raymond
 
Bohac Israel Reynolds
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
 
Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
 
Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
 
Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
 
Button King of Parker Rose
 
Canales King of Taylor Sanford
 
Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
 
Clardy Klick Schofield
 
Coleman Koop Shaheen
 
Collier Krause Sheets
 
Cook Kuempel Sheffield
 
Craddick Landgraf Simmons
 
Crownover Larson Simpson
 
Dale Laubenberg Smith
 
Darby Leach Smithee
 
Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
 
Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
 
Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
 
Dukes Márquez Stickland
 
Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
 
Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
 
Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
 
Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
 
Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
 
Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
 
Farrar Miles VanDeaver
 
Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
 
Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
 
Frank Moody Walle
 
Frullo Morrison White of Bell
 
Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
 
Geren Murphy Workman
 
Giddings Murr Wray
 
Goldman Naishtat Wu
 
Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
 
González Oliveira Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 440 was adopted by the House on February
  12, 2015, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House