SR 287 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Congratulating Keith Downey on receiving a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

This is a ceremonial resolution (not a bill with policy changes) adopted by the Texas Senate on March 18, 2025. It formally congratulates Keith Downey, a Houston community leader, on receiving the Texas Legislative Black Caucus's 2025 Outstanding Texan Award. The resolution highlights his work in affordable housing, community advocacy, disaster response (including Hurricane Harvey), and founding local initiatives like the Northeast Community Farmers Market. As a symbolic gesture, the Senate provided him an official copy expressing "high regard" for his service.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

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Mar 2025

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Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

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This bill was formatted and finalized for official Senate adoption, with no substantive policy changes to the original resolution honoring Keith Downey. The text was restructured to meet enrolled bill standards, including proper formatting, spacing, and signature blocks for the President and Secretary of the Senate.

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Formatting and layout were updated to convert the draft resolution into an enrolled bill version with proper spacing, alignment, and official signature lines.

Added certification language and signature blocks for the President of the Senate and Secretary of the Senate to authenticate the final adopted resolution.

Removed draft metadata, page numbers, and internal tracking codes that were present in the introduced version.

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Mar 18, 2025

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