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89(R) HR 1318 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.R. No. 1318
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The 75th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly
cause for celebration, and Maria Angela Flores Beck of Fayette
County is marking this significant milestone in her life on May 31,
2025; and
WHEREAS, The daughter of Francisco J. Flores Sr. and Maria
Ernestina Saldaña Flores, the former Angela Flores was born in
1950, and she grew up with the companionship of eight siblings,
Maria Teresa, Francisco Jr., Jose, Miguel, Tina, Mary Esther,
Adela, and Lulu; after graduating from Ursuline Academy, she
completed her bachelor's degree with high honors at The University
of Texas at Austin and went on to earn her juris doctor degree from
UT Law; and
WHEREAS, She married the love of her life, the Honorable Dan
Beck, and the couple shared a fulfilling relationship until Judge
Beck's passing in 2015; they became the parents of a son, John
Francis Beck, and Mrs. Flores Beck's blended family also includes
two stepchildren, Saxon and Amber; through the years, she has known
the joy of becoming the proud grandmother of Addie Kate and Emmy
Rose, and she has many step-grandchildren as well; and
WHEREAS, During the Dolph Briscoe administration,
Mrs. Flores Beck worked in the governor's equal employment
opportunity office, and while completing law school, she served as
State Representative Irma Rangel's first chief of staff; early in
her legal career, she was employed as a briefing attorney for a
federal district court judge in Houston and as an assistant U.S.
attorney for the Southern District of Texas; she was a founder of
the Law Offices of Sinderson, Daffin, Flores, and Stool, a
pioneering all-female firm, and she established the Law Office of
Angela Flores Beck in La Grange; over the years, she has served as
city attorney for La Grange, Carmine, and Flatonia; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Flores Beck has given generously of her time
and talents in behalf of her fellow citizens; she was the first
woman and first Latina to serve as chair of the Lower Colorado River
Authority; in addition, she is the former executive director of the
Fayette County Democratic Party; and
WHEREAS, Respected and admired by all who are privileged to
know her, Angela Flores Beck may reflect with pride on a lifetime of
achievement; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Angela Flores Beck on the joyous
occasion of her 75th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes
for continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mrs. Flores Beck as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Flores
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1318 was adopted by the House on June
1, 2025, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House