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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 234 By: Bergstrom of the Senate
and
Steagall and Rosecrants of
the House
An Act relating to holidays; designating Veteran
Suicide Awareness Day; providing for codification;
and providing an effect ive date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statute s as Section 90.26 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
September 22 of each year is hereby designated as “Veteran
Suicide Awareness Day”, to bring awareness to the twenty-two
veterans who end their li ves every day.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS,
dated 04/04/2023 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.