TITLE: Recognizing March 24, 2025, as HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March 24, 2025, as HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of the Positive Women's Network (PWN) Texas Strike Force are gathering in Austin on March 24, 2025, for the eighth biennial HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, This event is a statewide effort to bring together Texans living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in order to promote awareness and visibility of the epidemic; and WHEREAS, The Department of State Health Services estimates that Texas is currently home to more than 100,000 people with HIV, a reality with incalculable public health, social, and financial consequences; and WHEREAS, While there have been enormous medical and scientific advancements to assist those living with HIV, there is still more to be done to combat the stigma that impedes efforts to end the HIV epidemic; and WHEREAS, In Texas, the many intersectional barriers faced by people living with HIV have led to the formation of the PWN Texas Strike Force, which is composed of partner organizations and advocates from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and other communities; and WHEREAS, Every legislative session, HIV Advocacy Day provides concerned citizens from all walks of life with the opportunity to meet with state lawmakers and to make their voices heard on this critical public health issue, and all those taking part in this vital initiative are to be commended for their contributions; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 24, 2025, as HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol and commend the PWN Texas Strike Force for its invaluable work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the coalition as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Jones of Dallas Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw Alders Guillen Morgan Allen Harless Mu oz Anch a Harris Noble Ashby Harris Davila Olcott Barry Harrison Oliverson Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr Bernal Hernandez Patterson Bhojani Hickland Paul Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso Bowers Holt Perez of Harris Bryant Hopper Phelan Buckley Howard Pierson Bucy Hull Plesa Bumgarner Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Cain Johnson Richardson Campos Jones of Dallas Rodr guez Ramos Canales Jones of Harris Romero Capriglione Kerwin Rose Cole King Rosenthal Collier Kitzman Schatzline Cook LaHood Schofield Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft Craddick Lambert Shaheen Cunningham Landgraf Shofner Curry Leach Simmons Darby Leo Wilson Slawson A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico Dorazio Louderback Tepper Dutton Lowe Thompson Dyson Lozano Tinderholt Fairly Lujan Toth Flores Luther Troxclair Frank Manuel Turner G mez Martinez VanDeaver Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell Gates Metcalf Vo Gerdes Meyer Walle Geren Meza Ward Johnson Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton Gonz lez of Dallas Moody Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 583 was adopted by the House on March 20, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House