HR 298 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Recognizing February 19, 2025, as President Anson Jones Day at the State Capitol.

This resolution designates February 19, 2025, as "President Anson Jones Day" at the Texas State Capitol to commemorate Anson Jones, Texas' final Republic president, who oversaw the 1846 annexation ceremony where the Republic of Texas flag was lowered and the U.S. flag raised. It honors his role as "architect of annexation" and his contributions to Texas history, including his service at the Battle of San Jacinto and founding organizations like the Texas Medical Association. The resolution has no binding effect or policy changes - it is a ceremonial recognition passed by the Texas House of Representatives.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 14, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative format to an enrolled version with significant whitespace changes and line breaks. The substantive content of the resolution recognizing President Anson Jones remains unchanged, with no policy modifications to scope, funding, eligibility, or requirements.

TECHNICAL

Text formatting was altered from continuous paragraphs to line-by-line enrolled format with added spacing and signatures

Header information was updated to indicate this is the enrolled version of HR 298

Certification statement was added confirming House adoption on March 13, 2025 by non-record vote

Speaker of the House signature line was added at the end

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local & Consent Calendars

lower

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