TITLE: Honoring the Americans with Disabilities Act 25th anniversary Legacy Tour.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Americans with Disabilities Act 25th anniversary Legacy Tour.

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WHEREAS, The 25th anniversary of the signing of the historic Americans with Disabilities Act is being commemorated with a nationwide Legacy Tour, and Texans are joining in on the celebration as the exhibition visits Austin March 1-4, 2015; and WHEREAS, Launched in Houston in July 2014, this yearlong tour is helping to raise awareness of the landmark civil rights legislation through its Road to Freedom bus, which features a four-panel display on the history of self-advocacy, courtesy of the Museum of disABILITY History, and an information exhibit with literature on both the ADA and the ADA Legacy Project, as well as workshops, artifacts, and other programming provided by local hosts; and WHEREAS, The tour bus will visit numerous locations while in Austin, including Disability Rights Texas, the Jewish Community Center, Stephen F. Austin High School, Pease Elementary School, the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and the Capital MetroRail Crestview Station; on March 3, the project will be on view at the State Capitol and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, where special tribute will be paid to Texas Trailblazers--citizens instrumental in the creation, passage, and advancement of the ADA--in the Austin Room; and WHEREAS, An inestimable safeguard of civil rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act has opened the door to opportunity and achievement for millions of people, and the law's profound impact is indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby honor the Americans with Disabilities Act Legacy Tour and extend best wishes to the project's organizers and sponsors. Raymond Price Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Men ndez Turner of Collin Fallon Metcalf Turner of Harris Farias Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farney Miles VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Comal Villalba Fletcher Miller of Fort Bend Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 818 was adopted by the House on March 3, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House