SR 582 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

In memory of Thomas Everett Spender.

This is a Senate Resolution (SR 582) honoring Thomas Everett Spencer, a longtime Austin resident, public television host, and environmental advocate who died on April 2, 2025. The resolution commemorates his life, career (including hosting "Central Texas Gardener" and a radio show), and community service with organizations like TreeFolks. It expresses the Texas Senate's condolences to his family and directs that the resolution be presented to them. The Senate adopted this resolution on May 27, 2025, as a formal tribute with no new policy or funding changes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

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May 2025

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May 2025

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Introduced May 23, 2025 Last action May 27, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from a scattered, multi-page layout into a clean, single-page enrolled version. The substantive content of the Senate Resolution honoring Thomas Everett Spencer remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments and the addition of certification language at the end.

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The document structure was consolidated from a fragmented multi-page format into a unified single-page layout, improving readability while preserving all original text.

Certification language was added at the end to formally document adoption by the Senate on May 27, 2025, by a rising vote.

Page headers, footers, and tracking numbers were removed to create a clean enrolled version.

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