Recognizing April 29, 2025 as Donate Life Texas Day.

89(R) SR 465 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 465

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to

recognize April 29, 2025 as Donate Life Texas Day at the State

Capitol; and

WHEREAS, National Donate Life Month is observed each April

to celebrate the incredible individuals who have benevolently

given the gift of life through eye, organ, and tissue donations

and to raise awareness of the vital need for registered donors in

our state and nation; and

WHEREAS, A single organ donor can save up to eight lives,

and tissue and corneal transplants from one individual have the

potential to restore the health of up to 75 people; and

WHEREAS, Although there are more than 10,000 people of all

ages and backgrounds currently awaiting a lifesaving organ

transplant in Texas, the demand for donations vastly exceeds the

number of available donors; more than 90 percent of Americans

support organ donation, yet only approximately 60 percent of

eligible Texans are currently registered as donors; and

WHEREAS, Established in 2003 by Donate Life America and its

partnering organizations, National Donate Life Month coincides

with a host of local, regional, and national events and activities

to help encourage Americans to register as organ donors; and

WHEREAS, Efforts to expand organ donation and to honor the

wishes of potential donors continue across Texas, and by taking

simple steps to register as an organ donor, each Texan has the

opportunity to help those in need and to be part of a solution that

saves lives and helps to decrease the vast number of individuals

and families awaiting the lifesaving medical treatments available

through organ donation; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th

Legislature, hereby recognize April 29, 2025, as Donate Life

Texas Day and commend all who are working to promote organ, eye,

and tissue donation and all who have already registered as donors

in the Lone Star State; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in

honor of this occasion.

Hancock

Birdwell

Hinojosa of Hidalgo

Miles

Campbell

Menéndez

Parker

Cook

Zaffirini

Patrick, President of the Senate

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the

above Resolution was adopted by

the Senate on April 29, 2025.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate