TexasTexas Senate honors Phillis Townes and offers sympathy to family
The Texas Senate’s adopted resolution honors Phillis Hastings Townes and offers sympathy to her family, including her husband, daughter, brothers, and grandsons.
What it does
The Texas Senate honors Phillis Hastings Townes and expresses sympathy to her family and friends.
The Senate prepares an official copy of the resolution for her family and adjourns in her memory.
Argument forThe Senate’s tribute and memorial adjournment could help Townes’s family and friends feel her life and loss are recognized.
Argument againstThe resolution could leave practical needs unmet because it offers sympathy and an official copy, but no direct help.
More detail
The Texas Senate pays tribute to Phillis Hastings Townes and extends sympathy to her family. The resolution names her husband, daughter, brothers, grandsons, other relatives, and friends.
The Senate prepares an official copy of the resolution for her family and adjourns in her memory. The official copy is for Townes’s family. The Senate adjourns in her memory when it adjourns that day.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 4Reported enrolledLatest
- Sep 4Vote recorded in Journal
- Sep 4Read & adoptedAdopted
- Aug 19Received by the Secretary of the SenateIntroduced