AUSTIN -- Edward L. Rogers from Boerne was sworn in as Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore of the 20th Texas Silver-Haired Legislature (TSHL) at its orientation session held July 16-20.
Seventy-one delegates from 23 of the 28 Area Agency on Aging regions in Texas were sworn in at the state Capitol for a two-year term by the Hon. Gary VanDeaver, a fifthterm member of the Texas House of Representatives from New Boston.
Delegates will research issues of concern to older Texans, prepare resolutions for proposed legislation, pass them through committee, and vote on them in full chamber at the TSHL legislative session, to be held in the Spring of 2024.
Approved resolutions will be included in a TSHL legislative report that will be delivered to all legislators, the governor and lieutenant governor in advance of the 2025 state session.
“ We sincerely thank our elected officials for the significant number of bills passed to address the needs of older Texans,” Sherry Hubbard, elected TSHL speaker for the 20th session, said. “We also remind them we’ll be back to address unfinished business and we have started that process with this Orientation Session and swearing-in of our new delegates.
“Citizens can be proud of, and comforted by, the 38-year relationship of the TSHL and the state Legislature that has produced over 275 pieces of legislation related to concerns for the ever-growing population of older Texans,” added.
TSHL is a nonpartisan body authorized by the 69th Texas Legislature with the adoption of SCR 37, on April 3, 1985.
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