By: Garcia (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 2248
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
  April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Veteran Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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         GutierrezX
         HallX
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to designating September 30 as Vanessa Guillén Day.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 662.082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.082.  VANESSA GUILLÉN DAY. (a) September 30 is
  Vanessa Guillén Day in memory of the life and tragic death of
  Vanessa Guillén and to increase awareness of and the military's
  response to missing persons, sexual assault, and sexual harassment
  cases for service members.
         (b)  Vanessa Guillén Day shall be regularly observed by
  appropriate programs and activities.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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