TITLE: Granting the victims of the Robb Elementary attack permission to sue the State of Texas.

SUMMARY: Granting the victims of the Robb Elementary attack permission to sue the State of Texas.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, 19 school children were murdered and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022, and WHEREAS, hundreds of law enforcement officials, including at least 91 Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers and rangers, waited 77 minutes before ending the slaughter of innocence while children and teachers bled out on the floor of their classroom; and WHEREAS, the failure to intercede on behalf of the injured and mortally wounded may have led to the death of several children and, at least, one teacher, and exacerbated the wounds of other victims; and WHEREAS, the failure on behalf of the law enforcement officials, including DPS employees, to adequately and efficiently care for the wounded may have further aggravated the injuries and suffering of the victims; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That a student or teacher injured or killed during the attack on Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, with a claim based on the conduct or negligence of a state employee is granted permission to sue the State of Texas and any of its agencies, departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, offices, councils, courts, and institutions of higher education subject to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, for damages authorized by law.