H.B. No. 2728
AN ACT
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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor