Bill Text: TX HB2728 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2728-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2728 | ||
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| relating to the designation of January 27 as International | ||
| Holocaust Remembrance 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 662.079 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.079. INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. (a) | ||
| January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day to | ||
| commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of | ||
| Auschwitz-Birkenau and to honor the millions of victims of the | ||
| Holocaust. | ||
| (b) International Holocaust Remembrance Day may be | ||
| regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2728 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
| 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2728 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
