84R30686 BK-D
 
  By: Márquez H.R. No. 3400
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The staff of the Texas Legislative Council has
  worked diligently to meet the needs of the legislature over the
  course of this 140-day regular session; and
         WHEREAS, Each odd-numbered year, when legislators travel to
  the Capitol from across the Lone Star State to represent their
  constituents, waiting to support them are the members of the
  council's information systems division, whose technical services
  crew ensures that offices are equipped with needed PCs, iPads,
  printers, and software; the division provides training designed to
  serve everyone from the most technically adept clients to those
  with little to no experience, and its support staff lends its
  expertise by phone or e-mail or in person to provide assistance;
  other members of the IS staff develop and support custom network and
  web applications to accomplish a diverse range of tasks; and
         WHEREAS, Guided by innovative director Mark Humphrey, the
  information systems division this session was staffed with vigilant
  acumen by Osama Abdulhussain, Russell Anderson, Cody Armacher,
  Harlan Bachmayer, Jeff Bane, Todd Beaubien, Justin Beger, Martha
  Bodden, Jana Bone, Joe Borowski, David Branch, Armando Breceda Jr.,
  Sally Brooks, Amabel Burgos, Joey Burgos, Antonio Bustos, Chris
  Butruff, Jeb Callan, Paul Carter, Godwin Chang, Nicole Chargualaf,
  Judy Chen, Hugo Cisneros, John Clark, Catherine Colhoun, Donnie
  Collins, Kelvin Collins, Jim Conover, Stephen Cox, Amy Crandell,
  Scott Culp, Michael Curtis, Sam Davenport, Joseph Davis, Linda
  Davis, Russ Dean, Paul DeVooght, Joe Diana, Kris Doerr, Mona
  Donaldson, Mark Drummond, Debbie Elliott, Philip Felux, Michael
  Flores, Kevin Foley, Coby Fontenette, Marsha Foss-Krumrey, Keith
  Foster, Stephanie Freng, Daniel Gaddis, Carlos Galvan, Mangal
  Gangatirkar, Rebecca Garcia, Nathan Gauldin, Sasha German, Melissa
  Godin, Ambrose Gonzales, Daniel Goodwin, Colin Gormley, Tom Graf,
  Thomas Graser, Andrew Gray, Charnetha Grayson, Joel Griebel, Luis
  Gutierrez, John Hagan, Charles Hare, Robert Harris, Kyle Harvey,
  Christopher Helsel, Charles Henry, Carlos Hernandez, Crayton
  Hickey, Roxann Hoffman, Janell Hopkins, Larry Hosek, Richard Huang,
  Patrick Huey, Cecilia Hwang, Craig Johnson, Gregory Jones, Prabha
  Kamath, Mark Kerr, Alex Kimball, Rick King, Renee Kingsland, Jay
  Koog, Eric Lavagni, Christopher Leibas, David Lemons, Keith
  Loggins, Scott Loiselle, Patrick MacGran, Philip Mannie, Daniel
  Marquette, Derek Martinez, Michael Martinez, Pat McPhaul, Oscar
  Mendez, Chad Miculek, Logan Mingus, Amaresh Mirwani, Thomas Moe,
  Damian Moore, Robert Mullin, Daniel Nance, Brent Nations, Carol
  Nemir, Kimberly Nichols, Isaac Paredes, Lee Parker, Jeremy Pehl,
  Thomas Peirce, Jesse Perez, Linda Pittsford, Jason Plemons, Jeremy
  Pope, Randall Post, Dwayne Powell, Howard Powell, Douglas Pyka,
  Aaron Rainbolt, John Raney, Jason Saldana, Nicholas Saldana, Karin
  Sanchez, Thomas Sennett, Mark Shaffer, Paul Shelton, Jennifer
  Sherrill, Ryan Slaymaker, Andy Smith, Keith Smith, Amber Snyder,
  Christopher Snyder, Thomas Southall, Doug Spaw, Gary Stockton,
  Patricia Swiderski, Michael Talajkowski, Kevin Taylor, Garrett
  Thomas, Greg Tingle, Darlene Tolen, Andrew Tovar, Sara Trinkle,
  Will Tullos, Danny Turner, Steve Voukidis, Nancy Watkins, Craig
  Whisenhunt, Joshua Wier, and Matthew Zappitello; and
         WHEREAS, The attorneys, legal assistants, editors, and
  support staff of the legal division help to craft proposed bills and
  constitutional amendments, substitutes, amendments, conference
  committee reports, and miscellaneous drafts, and provide legal
  advice and analysis when called upon; the division's legal editing
  team also performs a dual role by carrying out the engrossing and
  enrolling duties for the house; and
         WHEREAS, Led by its sagacious director Deborah Fulton, the
  astute professionals of the legal division this session included
  Angela Alexander, Susan Alexander, Rita Arneil, Kelley Atkinson,
  Kristi Ayala, Stacy Bergendahl, Mike Black, Gabe Brake, Maria
  Breitschopf, Shalyn Bridges, Natalie Brown, Trey Burke, Danae Bush,
  Michael Caesar, Jennifer Carter, Jennifer Christen, Chris Clapham,
  Jessica Connaughton, Nelissa Conners, Jessie Coulter, Colleen
  Covington, Laura de la Garza, Matthew Diedrich, Kathy Dunham, Cathy
  Eady, Amy Eastup, Kaylei Elworth, Krissie Farmer, Brett Ferguson,
  Alyssa Flores, Cynthia Gonzalez, Krystal Hagan, Carolyn Hall, Dave
  Bob Hanna, Bill Hanrahan, Shawn Harrison, Lauren Hislop, Eric
  Hougland, Jennifer Jackson, Chris Johnson, Gary Kansteiner, Thomas
  Kelly, Josh Krauter, Meera Krishnan, Mark Kuster, Jared Livingston,
  Stephen Loomis, Kelly Lowe, Mike Marshall, Raeanne Martinez, Grant
  McLoughlin, John Mistrot, Pam Moore, Adam Moses, Patty Otto, Anne
  Peters, Taheera Randolph, Marsha Ratliff, Serena Reiser, Joe
  Ritchick, Kristine Rodriguez, Sandra Salazar, Erin Smith, Jennifer
  Stewart, Heather Strain, Drew Tedford, Jeff Thorne, Clare Townes,
  Michele Trepagnier, Meaghan Walsh, Tisha Welch, Melanie
  Westerberg, Mark Wimmer, and Allison Zaby; and
         WHEREAS, The research division of the TLC is composed of
  policy issue researchers, statistical analysts, writers,
  webmasters, mapmakers, and database specialists; during the
  session, these staffers produce numerous senate and house amendment
  and conference committee side-by-side analyses, bill analyses for
  house committees, and policy, congratulatory, and memorial
  resolutions; they also maintain Capweb and other useful websites;
  and
         WHEREAS, The research division is led by intrepid director
  Patty McLeod and includes the dynamic staff of Ryan Allen, Sandra
  Allen, Rick Antoine, Jason Bane, Mike Barnett, Ricardo Betancourt,
  Lann Bolding, Kate Bulla, Randall Bush, Julie Calhoun, Carrie
  Crisp, Ashley Crutchfield, Emma Currin, Nathan Darus, Nick De La
  Garza, Jana Deardorff, Clare Dyer, Charles Eckstein, Tammy Edgerly,
  Cindy Ellison, Carey Eskridge, Brooke Espinosa, Brett Finley, Peter
  Gaskin, Parry Gettelman, Kurt Gore, Marla Grimes, Will Grimes,
  Daniel Gutierrez, Jeff Hill, Kelley Hosek, Jim Hynes, Carl Keprta,
  Brianne Klitgaard, Douglas Knauth, Pamela Lam-Yip, Rachel Lance,
  Chandler Lewis, Juan Lewis-Zavala, Lynna Longaro, Chris Mattsson,
  Jared May, Andrea Mayo, Charles McCarty, Barrett McPhaul, Dee
  Mickelson, Logan Moore, Amy Mosley, Colleen Mullen, Robert
  Nietupski, Caroline O'Meara, Ana Ortega-Villegas, Christopher
  Overath, Kelly Parker, Aimee Perez, Abby Pfeiffer, Mark Priebe,
  Katherine Raymond, Dushyanth Reddivari, Alejandra Rocha, Max
  Romero, Kellie Smith, Mary Standifer, Rebekah Starnes, John Stubbe,
  Eddie Torres, Patrick Tyler, Brent Urbach, Fernando Villagomez,
  Lisa Weatherford, Camille Wheeler, Karen White, Robert White, and
  Emily Yager; and
         WHEREAS, Contributing to the council's efforts to serve the
  legislature are the members of the TLC document production staff;
  encompassing the data transcription, graphics, proofreading, print
  shop, and document processing sections, this division produces and
  distributes thousands of drafts, house official printings, and
  other documents over the course of the session; and
         WHEREAS, Guided by its resourceful director Janet Sullivan,
  the indefatigable members of the document production division staff
  include Dominic Aiello, Glenda Albertson, Annie Almanza, Bill
  Anderson, Austin Anton, Ray Arrington, Ambar Atta, Marco Barajas,
  Shane Beck, Brant Bingamon, Julie Bracken, Sarah Bradley, Jonathan
  Brand, Ean Brown-Meacham, Jon Butler, Ricardo Caffarate, Marcus
  Cardenas, John Cerkan, Charles Cheatham, Sarah Cheikho, Lei-Leen
  Choo, Sung Chun, Jessica Cinque, Andrea Citrin-Gardner, Gerald
  Clark, Kathy Clarkson, Jamie Cleary-Wedell, Matthew Cuellar,
  Claire Davis, Kirsten Dean, Dana DeLassus, Lindsay DeWitt, James
  Edwards, Judith Edwards, Bryan Estes, David Estlund, JoAnn Estrada,
  Phyllis Evetts, Jennifer Fidler, Rebecca Freer, Angel Fuhre,
  Raymond Gilford, Cisco Gilliland, Joe Glover, Gilbert Gonzales,
  Veronica Gordon, Luis Guevara, Stan Hales, James M. Harbuck,
  Carolina Hardigree, Kevin Hargis, Rory Harman, Jim Hein, Darlene
  Herrera, Samantha Hill, Samantha Hoffman, Guy Holland, Eric
  Holmgren, Kristopher Infante, Valli Irvine, Craig P. Johnson,
  Gaynor Keprta, Clavdia Khairallah, Edward Kiaune, Edwin King, Ed
  Kulczyk, Louisa Lee, William H. Legg, Annecy Liddell, Darrin
  Little, Adriana Mahoney, Lucian Maloy, Carolyn May, Philip May,
  Joseph Mayfield, Katy McElroy, Dakota McFarlin, Desaree McKinney,
  Emily McPhaul, Diane Mendoza, Daniel Mingus, Shelby Monroe, Madison
  Moody, Dennis Morgan, Eryn Moris, Landon O'Brien, John O'Neill,
  Joel Ossar, Amy Padilla, Adrienne Pedrotti, Thomas L. Pendleton,
  Javier Perez, Cindy Prosser, Megan Pulido, Claude Ramey, Andrea
  Rangel, John Ratliff, Lorena Reyna, Brittany Robertson, Adam
  Robinette, Lisa Robles, Belen Rodriguez, Holly Rodriguez, Steve
  Rosok, Ruby Ruiz, Michael Rushing, Andrew Russell, Samuel
  Salazar-Isaza, Miguel San Miguel, Robert Sandoz, Candy
  SantaAna-Moncada, Patrick Schlicht, Jeffrey Seely, Rebecca Semik,
  Joshua Sims, Joshua Sklar, Kristen Smith, Kaylee Stackhouse, Larry
  Strub, Sabryna Sulak, Barry Tarlton, Haben Tesfamariam, Travis
  Timmons, Janet Tjonakwie, Luke Torn, Kieu Tran, Perry Urbina,
  Margaret Vilim, Lee Roy Walker, Philip Weaver, Diana Welch, Rachel
  Welch, Marcus West, Hannah Williams, John Williams, Clint Wilson,
  and Peter Woloszyn; and
         WHEREAS, The council's diverse responsibilities are
  coordinated and supported by the staff of the executive team and
  administrative department, who keep all divisions running smoothly
  during the session while also assisting with legislative drafting
  and analysis; the council is ably overseen by its tireless
  executive director Jeff Archer, with the indispensable aid of
  general counsel Jon Heining and director of operations Kimberly
  Shields; the steadfast administrative staff for the 84th session
  included Anna Abraham, Jonathan Bronson, Maria Cami, Jermaine
  Clark, Marilyn Dorsey, Curt Glover, Valencia Hadnot, Dana Haulotte,
  Jan La Tour, Judy Laughlin, Bob Lott, Aaron Mahoney, Sabina Mills,
  Claudia Newman, Craig O'Brien, Victoria Perales, Elena Powell,
  Anessa Reese, Mathew Richardson, Jannice Smith, Lisa Tovar, Dennis
  Williams, and Mary Wilson; and
         WHEREAS, Council staff bring to their duties precision,
  creativity, knowledge, and technical expertise, serving the
  legislature and the citizens of this state with stamina and
  resilience to the very best of their abilities; now, therefore, be
  it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize the staff of the Texas Legislative
  Council for their work in behalf of the legislative branch of
  government and the Lone Star State; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the staff of the council as an expression of high
  regard by the Texas House of Representatives.