HR184 - Commemorating Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day 2025.

      H.R. No. 184       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day   is being observed in Texas on February 26, 2025; and          WHEREAS, Each year, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation   Registry Day encourages citizens across the Lone Star State to   register to become donors and to participate in local blood drives;   while donations play an essential role in a broad range of critical   medical treatments, only approximately three percent of the U.S.   population is on the national registry for bone marrow, and only   about half of Americans are signed up to be organ donors; moreover,   while an estimated 37 percent of U.S. residents are eligible to   donate blood, less than 10 percent of that group actually does so   each year; and          WHEREAS, A single organ donor can save up to eight lives and   enhance the lives of more than 75 others; there are currently over   103,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list, with a   new name added every eight minutes; although there are more than   46,000 transplants performed annually, 17 people die each day while   waiting for organs to become available; and          WHEREAS, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day   was initiated to honor Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss, a Houston physician who   was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and who dedicated the   last years of her life to raising awareness of the need for bone   marrow donors; though she passed away on February 26, 2016, at the   age of 48, she and her family and friends helped more than double   the number of Vietnamese donors on the registry; on May 29, 2019,   Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill of the 86th Texas Legislature to   designate February 26 as Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation   Registry Day; and          WHEREAS, Bone marrow, blood, and organ donation can give hope   to countless Americans for longer, healthier lives, and this worthy   cause is one that deserves the earnest support of every citizen;   now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby commemorate Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ   Donation Registry Day 2025 and encourage all Texans to give blood   and to sign up to become organ and bone marrow donors.     Wu     Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw   Alders Guillen Morgan   Allen Harless Muñoz   Anchía Harris Noble   Ashby Harris Davila Olcott   Barry Harrison Oliverson   Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz   Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr   Bernal Hernandez Patterson   Bhojani Hickland Paul   Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso   Bowers Holt Perez of Harris   Bryant Hopper Phelan   Buckley Howard Pierson   Bucy Hull Plesa   Bumgarner Hunter Raymond   Button Isaac Reynolds   Cain Johnson Richardson   Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos   Canales Jones of Harris Romero   Capriglione Kerwin Rose   Cole King Rosenthal   Collier Kitzman Schatzline   Cook LaHood Schofield   Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft   Craddick Lambert Shaheen   Cunningham Landgraf Shofner   Curry Leach Simmons   Darby Leo Wilson Slawson   A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee   Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller   Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson   DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico   Dorazio Louderback Tepper   Dutton Lowe Thompson   Dyson Lozano Tinderholt   Fairly Lujan Toth   Flores Luther Troxclair   Frank Manuel Turner   Gámez Martinez VanDeaver   Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut   Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos   Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell   Gates Metcalf Vo   Gerdes Meyer Walle   Geren Meza Ward Johnson   Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton   González of Dallas Moody Wilson   González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu   Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 184 was adopted by the House on February   26, 2025, by a non-record vote.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House