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