SR 402 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Recognizing Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt on their discovery of a new plant species at Big Bend National Park.

This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 402), not a legislative bill. It formally recognizes Deb Manley (a park volunteer) and Cathy Hoyt (a supervisory park ranger) for discovering a new plant species at Big Bend National Park in March 2024. The resolution commemorates their finding of what botanists nicknamed the "wooly devil" (scientific name: *Ovicula biradiata*), a small annual plant in the daisy family that forms a new genus. The resolution was adopted by the Texas Senate on April 15, 2025, to commend their contribution to documenting the park's biodiversity.

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Apr 2025

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Apr 2025

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Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from a draft introduction to an enrolled final version, with minor text adjustments including corrected spacing and updated legislative references. The substantive content regarding the commemoration of the plant discovery remains unchanged.

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The bill number was updated from 'S.R.ANo.A402' to '89(R) SR 402' to reflect the enrolled version.

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