88R9489 SCP-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 2548
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to designating December 8 as Special Hearts 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 662.085 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.085.  SPECIAL HEARTS DAY. (a) December 8 is
  Special Hearts Day in recognition and celebration of artists with
  special needs and the mission of Special Hearts in the Arts, a
  nonprofit organization in Corpus Christi that offers weekly classes
  in theater arts, dance, music, art, and film to persons with special
  needs to build a more inclusive community in which people are
  defined by their abilities rather than their disabilities.
         (b)  Special Hearts Day shall be regularly observed by
  appropriate ceremonies and activities.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.