SR 271 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Recognizing March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Awareness Day.

This is a ceremonial Senate resolution (not a bill), designating March 17, 2025, as "Profound Autism Awareness Day" in Texas. It directly recognizes people with profound autism - a subtype involving severe intellectual disability, communication challenges, and high support needs - and their caregivers. The resolution encourages Texans to learn more about profound autism, citing CDC data showing it affects 1 in 4 autistic children and highlighting barriers like exclusion from services and underrepresentation in research. It has no policy changes or funding mechanisms, serving solely as an awareness measure.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

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Governor

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

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The bill text was reformatted from a draft introduction to an enrolled version, with significant whitespace and line break changes but no substantive policy modifications. The core content remains identical: recognizing March 17, 2025 as Profound Autism Awareness Day and highlighting statistics about autism prevalence and research gaps.

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Text formatting and line breaks were restructured throughout the document, converting the original compact layout into a more spaced-out enrolled format with additional blank lines between sections.

Header information was updated to reflect the enrolled status, changing from 'S.R.ANo.A271' to '89(R) SR 271 - Enrolled version - Bill Text'.

Signatures and certification sections were added at the end, including Senate President and Secretary signatures certifying adoption on March 18, 2025.

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Mar 18, 2025

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10 primary · 1 co-sponsor