H.B. No. 3481
AN ACT
relating to designating December 1 as Rosa Parks 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 662.084 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.084. ROSA PARKS DAY. (a) December 1 is Rosa Parks
Day in honor of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks for her courageous act of
refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to
protest segregation which helped launch the civil rights movement
in the United States.
(b) Rosa Parks Day may be regularly observed by appropriate
programs and activities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3481 was passed by the House on May 8,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3481 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor