By: Oliverson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2012
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
CreightonX
CampbellX
BettencourtX
BirdwellX
FloresX
KingX
LaMantiaX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
SpringerX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the display of the national motto in public school and
institution of higher education classrooms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.004, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A classroom teacher at a public elementary or secondary
school or a teacher or professor at an institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003 may not be prohibited from
displaying in a classroom a poster or framed copy of the national
motto that meets the requirements of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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