Recognizing Gene Getz for serving as Chaplain of the Day.
This is a ceremonial Senate resolution (SR 277), not a substantive bill. It formally recognizes Dr. Gene Getz for serving as Chaplain of the Day for the Texas Senate on March 19, 2025. The resolution highlights his background in ministry, authorship, and community service, including founding church movements and writing religious materials. The Texas Senate resolves to honor him with a formal copy of the resolution as a gesture of respect. It does not create new laws or affect any policies.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Last action Mar 19, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a draft introduction to an enrolled version, with significant cleanup of formatting errors and spacing issues. The substantive content of the Senate resolution honoring Dr. Gene Getz remains unchanged, though some minor punctuation and capitalization corrections were made throughout.
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Header information was updated to reflect the enrolled version status with proper formatting.
Removed formatting artifacts and inconsistent spacing from the original draft version.
Corrected minor punctuation and capitalization inconsistencies in the WHEREAS clauses.
Added standard enrolled version formatting including signature lines for Senate leadership certification.
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Mar 19, 2025
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Brent Hagenbuch
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