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HR 1042

TO HONOR ANNIE MABLE MCDANIEL ABRAMS FOR HER SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joy Springer

Honors Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams for lifelong public service as an educator and civil rights advocate; ceremonial recognition with no legal or fiscal impact.

READ AND ADOPTED.
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Bill Summary · HR 1042

Summary — HR 1042 (Arkansas House Resolution, 95th General Assembly, 2025)

Purpose

HR 1042 is a ceremonial House resolution honoring Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams for her long record of service to her community and the State of Arkansas. The resolution recognizes her life, career as an educator, civil‑rights and community activism, and the honors she has received. It directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Ms. Abrams by the Chief Clerk of the House.

Key provisions

  • Formally honors Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams for her service to Little Rock and the State of Arkansas.
  • Recites biographical and service highlights (education career, civil‑rights involvement, public commissions, community leadership, awards, and honors).
  • Directs presentation of a copy of the adopted resolution to Ms. Abrams by the Chief Clerk of the House.
  • No change to Arkansas law, no appropriation, and no regulatory or programmatic mandates — the measure is honorary and nonbinding.

Background / Noted accomplishments in the resolution

The resolution summarizes Ms. Abrams’s life and public service, including:
- Born September 25, 1931, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas; educator with teacher licensure (1952) and later degree from Philander Smith College (B.A. in special education).
- Early teaching in segregated schools and work with the Arkansas Teachers Association.
- Involvement in desegregation efforts at Little Rock Central High School and association with Daisy Gatson Bates.
- Civic campaigns including renaming Little Rock streets (Daisy Gatson Bates, Mayor Charles Bussey) and leading the 1992 renaming of High Street to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and establishing Little Rock’s first MLK parade.
- Service on the Central High School Integration 50th Anniversary Commission, the Fair Housing Commission, Arkansas Democratic Black Caucus (treasurer), and as honorary co‑chair of the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission.
- Honors: honorary doctorate and community service awards from Philander Smith College; Brooks Hays Award for Civil Rights Champions; Making of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Award; 2010 inductee, Arkansas Black Hall of Fame; namesake scholarship/award established by Ouachita Baptist University (Annie Abrams Living Legacy Award).

Who is affected / impact

  • Directly honors Ms. Abrams and recognizes her legacy publicly.
  • Symbolic recognition for the Little Rock community and state residents; no legal, fiscal, or administrative effects.

Procedural history (selected)

  • Introduced in the House: February 6, 2025 (By: Representative Springer).
  • Referred to House Committee on Financial Services: February 6, 2025.
  • Committee returned Do Pass: February 18, 2025.
  • Read and adopted (recorded steps include readings and calendar placement): entries dated February 24, 2025; May 23, 2025 (Adopted); reported enrolled May 24, 2025.
  • Upon adoption the resolution is to be presented to Ms. Abrams as directed.

Sponsors

List as provided: Representative Springer (primary listed by text), Suzanne Bonamici (primary listed in sponsors list), and cosponsors including Yassamin Ansari, Jahana Hayes, Maxine Dexter, Delia C. Ramirez, Scott H. Peters, Robert Garcia, Becca Balint, Andrea Salinas, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Sara Jacobs, Sheila Cherfilus‑McCormick, Val T. Hoyle, Gabe Amo, Rashida Tlaib, Bonnie Watson Coleman, among others.

Note: HR 1042 is an honorary, nonbinding resolution intended to publicly acknowledge and commemorate an individual’s contributions rather than to create or change statutory obligations.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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