By: Garcia (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 2248
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Veteran Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating September 30 as Vanessa Guillén 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 662.082 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.082. VANESSA GUILLÉN DAY. (a) September 30 is
Vanessa Guillén Day in memory of the life and tragic death of
Vanessa Guillén and to increase awareness of and the military's
response to missing persons, sexual assault, and sexual harassment
cases for service members.
(b) Vanessa Guillén Day shall be regularly observed by
appropriate programs and activities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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