Recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini for her contributions as a state legislator.
This is a ceremonial resolution (HR 46) recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini for her service as a Texas state legislator. It formally honors her as the first female dean of the Texas Senate and acknowledges her historic career, including 72,000 consecutive votes and passage of nearly 1,400 bills since 1987. The resolution has no policy impact - it is a symbolic gesture of appreciation with no legislative effect on citizens, committees, or state operations. It was adopted by the Texas House of Representatives on February 27, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 26, 2024
Last action Feb 27, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document with line numbers and headers to a clean, modern text format. The substantive content of the resolution recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini remains unchanged, with no policy modifications.
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Removed line numbers, page headers, and formatting artifacts from the original draft version to create a clean enrolled bill text.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
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Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local & Consent Calendars
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Penny Morales Shaw
DDemocratic
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Richard Raymond
DDemocratic
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Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
P
Todd Hunter
RRepublican
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