HR 41 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Recognizing the festival of Diwali 2025.

This resolution formally recognizes Diwali as a significant cultural observance in Texas for 2025. It acknowledges the festival's meaning across Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Buddhist traditions, noting its global celebration by over a billion people. The bill extends the Texas House's "warmest wishes" to all residents observing Diwali, without creating new laws, funding, or obligations. It directly affects communities celebrating Diwali within Texas by affirming the holiday's importance through official state recognition.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2024

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 25, 2024 Last action Mar 14, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits

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The document was reformatted from a legislative resolution to an enrolled bill version, with text reorganized for official publication. The substantive content regarding Diwali recognition remains unchanged, though formatting and spacing were significantly altered.

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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and presentation were modified.

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Document title and header information were updated to reflect the enrolled version status

Text layout was restructured from a standard resolution format to an enrolled bill format with different spacing and line breaks

Certification statement was added confirming House adoption date and vote type

Original resolution numbering and page markers were replaced with enrolled bill formatting

Floor votes

How they voted

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 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local & Consent Calendars

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors