| |
| |
| |
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors 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 662.071 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 662.071. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS DAY. (a) January 28 |
|
|
is Sexual Assault Survivors Day to bring awareness to the issue of |
|
|
sexual assault and to recognize the courage of survivors throughout |
|
|
this state. |
|
|
(b) Sexual Assault Survivors Day may be regularly observed |
|
|
by appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
| |
| |
| |
______________________________ |
______________________________ |
| |
President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 2298 was passed by the House on April |
|
|
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 3 present, not |
|
|
voting. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 2298 was passed by the Senate on May |
|
|
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
APPROVED: _____________________ |
|
|
Date |
|
|
|
|
|
_____________________ |
|
|
Governor |