SR 450 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Recognizing Richard D. Pineda on the occasion of his retirement.

This Senate Resolution (SR 450) honors Dr. Richard D. Pineda upon his retirement from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) after more than 20 years of service. It recognizes his roles as a communication professor, department chair, and director of the Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies, along with his academic publications, editorial board work, and community service on the City of El Paso Ethics Review Commission. The resolution formally congratulates him and will provide him with a copy of the resolution as a gesture of the Texas Senate's respect. This is a ceremonial resolution with no policy impact or direct effect on constituents or legislation.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 23, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

MINOR

This document is a Senate Resolution (SR 450) honoring Dr. Richard D. Pineda's retirement from the University of Texas at El Paso. The primary change is the transition from a draft version to an enrolled, final version with updated formatting, corrected names, and standardized spacing. No substantive policy changes were made.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a draft layout to an official enrolled version, including corrected spacing, proper capitalization, and standardized line breaks for printing.

Minor text corrections were made, such as changing 'Dr.ARichard' to 'Dr. Richard' and updating the certification language to reflect the official Senate adoption date of April 28, 2025.

A new line at the top was added stating that digital content on TLO has been updated to align with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, which appears to be a separate administrative note unrelated to the resolution's content.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced

Read & adopted

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors