88R14273 AMF-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 3922
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.9074 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.9074. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK. (a) To
educate students about the dangers posed by the drug fentanyl and
the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the governor
shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness
Week in public schools.
(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may include
age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the
prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined
by each school district.
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.