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By: Martinez Fischer, Morales Shaw, Tinderholt |
H.B. No. 2728 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Johnson) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; |
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May 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Administration; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of January 27 as International |
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Holocaust Remembrance Day. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.079 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.079. INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. (a) |
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January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day to |
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commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of |
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Auschwitz-Birkenau and to honor the millions of victims of the |
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Holocaust. |
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(b) International Holocaust Remembrance Day may be |
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regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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