TITLE: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Juvenile justice professionals are gathering in Austin on February 28, 2023, for Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, One of the most advanced juvenile justice systems in the nation, the Texas network is composed of 165 community-based probation departments, which serve youth and families in all 254 counties of the Lone Star State in partnership with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and WHEREAS, The juvenile probation departments handle 100 percent of the referrals of young people to the juvenile justice system each year through the efforts of more than 8,200 certified juvenile probation and supervision officers, and departments continue to provide services at the local level to 98 percent of those referrals; and WHEREAS, Every day, the dedicated men and women of the juvenile justice system make a positive difference in the lives of young Texans, helping them to embark on a better path, and in so doing, they contribute to both the strength of their families and the safety of our communities; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day at the State Capitol and extend to our state's outstanding juvenile justice professionals sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work. Tepper Leo-Wilson Wu Lopez of Cameron Phelan Guerra Murr Allen Guillen Neave Criado Allison Harless Noble Anch a Harris of Anderson Oliverson Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz Ashby Harrison Orr Bailes Hayes Ortega Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul Bernal Herrero Perez Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa Bonnen Holland Price Bowers Howard Ramos Bryant Hull Raney Buckley Hunter Raymond Bucy Isaac Reynolds Bumgarner Jetton Rogers Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline Canales Kacal Schofield Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr. Cole Kitzman Shine Collier Klick Slaton Cook Kuempel Slawson Cortez Lalani Smith Craddick Lambert Smithee Cunningham Landgraf Spiller Darby Leach Stucky Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson Dean Longoria Talarico DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry Dutton Lozano Thimesch Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris Frazier Martinez Tinderholt Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth Garcia Metcalf Troxclair Gates Meyer Turner Gerdes Meza VanDeaver Geren Moody Vasut Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle Gonz lez of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morrison Wu Goodwin Mu oz, Jr. Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 171 was adopted by the House on February 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House