SR 24 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025)

In memory of Robert Lawrence Sprouse of Longview.

This is a commemorative resolution (SR 24) honoring Robert Lawrence Sprouse of Longview, Texas, who passed away on May 3, 2025, at age 90. The resolution recognizes his life as a math and computer science educator at Kilgore College, his 66-year marriage to Rosalee Sprouse, his service at First United Methodist Church, and his travels across all 50 U.S. states and 40+ countries. It serves as a formal Senate tribute extending sympathy to his family and commemorating his legacy, with no policy changes or direct effects on constituents.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Aug 2025

House Passage

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Introduced Jul 28, 2025 Last action Aug 15, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from an introduced draft to an enrolled, final version, resulting in significant formatting cleanup and text corrections. The most substantive change is the correction of a family name in the 'RESOLVED' section, where the original draft incorrectly listed 'Taylor Sprouse' as a grandchild; the final version correctly identifies him as the husband of grandchild Morgan Merriman. Additionally, the text was reorganized to fix broken sentence structures and remove extraneous markup artifacts.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a factual error in the 'RESOLVED' section by changing 'Taylor Sprouse' to 'Taylor Sprouse and his wife, Brittney', clarifying that Taylor is the husband of grandchild Morgan Merriman rather than a separate grandchild.

Reformatted the entire document to remove line numbers, stray headers, and broken sentence fragments, restoring the text to a clean, readable legislative format.

Added standard enrolled bill certification language, including signatures for the President and Secretary of the Senate, and a certification of adoption by rising vote.

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Aug 15, 2025

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