86R14077 JCG-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3054
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating June as Gun Violence 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 662.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.112. GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. (a) June is
Gun Violence Awareness Month to increase awareness of gun violence
and encourage community residents and leaders to discuss and
implement methods for reducing or preventing gun violence in order
to make communities safer and healthier, especially during the
summer months when gun violence typically peaks.
(b) Gun Violence Awareness Month may be regularly observed
through appropriate activities in communities to increase
awareness and prevention of gun violence.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.