Bill
HR 1082
Mount St. Mary Academy Belles golf team is officially recognized as the Class 6A state champions for 2024, with MVPs named and commemorative copies granted.
Status: Read and adopted (House)
Introduced: February 6, 2025 (classified as a resolution)
Primary sponsor(s): Representative McCullough (with Representative John R. Moolenaar and Debbie Dingell listed among sponsors/cosponsors in provided materials)
Note on numbering collision: The materials you provided also include a separate federal bill/report (H. Rept. 119‑160) titled the “Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act,” which is an unrelated federal legislative proposal that happens to use the same bill number H.R. 1082 in the 119th Congress. This summary below focuses on the House Resolution recognizing the Mount St. Mary Academy Belles golf team; a brief note on the unrelated federal measure is provided at the end.
Purpose and intent
- To formally recognize and commemorate the Mount St. Mary Academy Belles girls’ golf team as the Class 6A State Champions for the 2024 season and to provide an official copy of the resolution to the team’s head coach.
Key provisions / content of the resolution
- Official recognition that the Mount St. Mary Academy Belles won the Class 6A Girls’ State Golf Championship held October 1–2, 2024, at Conway Country Club.
- Notes this was the school’s second-ever back‑to‑back state golf championship.
- Records that the Belles defeated runners‑up Rogers High School by 20 strokes.
- Lists team members and staff:
- Players: Bella Cate Craiglow, Maria Ezzi, Chloe Freville, Amelia Green, Ana Bella Gutierrez, Lillie York; team manager Maddie Hernandez.
- Coach: Head Coach Laura Freville.
- Athletic Director: Lane West; Assistant Athletic Director: Lauren Lawrence.
- Athletic Trainer: Jeff Stotts.
- School administrators: Head of School Sara Jones; Assistant Head of School Robin Johnson.
- Highlights individual achievements:
- Lillie York and Chloe Freville were named Most Valuable Players and All‑Conference Players (York finished 2nd and Freville 3rd individually at the state championship).
- Ana Bella Gutierrez tied for ninth individually.
- All team members finished among the top 40; four among top 20; three among top 10; two among top 3.
- York and Freville competed in overalls at Pleasant Valley Country Club on October 17, 2024 (York tied for 2nd, Freville 4th).
- Directs that upon adoption a copy of the resolution be provided to Head Coach Laura Freville by the Chief Clerk of the House.
Who is affected / benefits
- Primarily honors the student‑athletes, coaching staff, and school administrators of Mount St. Mary Academy; serves as an official record of the team’s state championship for the legislative body and public. No regulatory or fiscal effects.
Procedural and timeline notes (as provided)
- Amendment No. 1 (changing “first” to “second”) was read and adopted March 17–18, 2025; the resolution was ordered engrossed and reported correctly engrossed March 18, 2025.
- Read and adopted April 14, 2025 (per provided chronology). The top summary lists the resolution classification as “READ AND ADOPTED.”
Related/unrelated federal bill (brief)
- The House report H. Rept. 119‑160 in your materials describes a separate federal H.R. 1082 (the “Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act”), which would direct HHS/FDA to conduct a national education campaign on human cell and tissue products, strengthen enforcement (civil monetary penalties) for donor eligibility and good tissue practices, publish guidance and host workshops, and report to Congress on regulation. That federal measure is unrelated substantively to the Arkansas House Resolution recognizing the Mount St. Mary Academy golf team; the two simply share the same bill number in different contexts.
If you want, I can draft a short press release-style text based on the resolution for distribution to local media or the school.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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