H.B. No. 3144
AN ACT
relating to designating October as Fentanyl Poisoning 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 662.116 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.116. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH. (a)
October is Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to increase awareness
of the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses.
(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month may be regularly
observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase
awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3144 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3144 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor