BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 1057
87R3940 MWC-D	By: Oliverson et al. (Creighton)
	Administration
	5/5/2021
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Stakeholders contend that many communist regimes around the world practice brutality and totalitarianism and oppress their citizenry. Interested parties assert that people living under certain communist regimes have experienced inequality, coercion, brutality, fear, and the loss of hundreds of millions of lives.

H.B. 1057 would serve to remember victims of communism and designate November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day. The day would serve as a reminder of what people living under communist regimes suffered through and continue to suffer through around the world.

H.B. 1057 amends current law relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, by adding Section 662.080, as follows:

Sec. 662.080.  VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM DAY.� (a) Provides that November 7 is Victims of Communism Day in memory of the more than 100 million people who died and countless others who suffered under communist regimes.

(b) Authorizes Victims of Communism Day to be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities.

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2021.