Bill Text: TX HB2298 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2298 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2298-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2298 | ||
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| 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 | ||
