H.B. No. 822
AN ACT
relating to designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.111 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.111. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April is
Sexual Assault Awareness Month to increase awareness and prevention
of sexual assault.
(b) Sexual Assault Awareness Month may be regularly
observed through appropriate activities in public schools and other
places to increase awareness and prevention of sexual assault.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 822 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 822 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor