H.B. No. 4421
AN ACT
relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.351, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(d) The legislature by concurrent resolution may direct the
governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to a service
member nominated by the nominating committee. The committee chairs
serving on the nominating committee shall jointly prepare a
concurrent resolution directing the governor to award the medal to
a service member nominated. The legislature may direct the medal to
be awarded only during a regular session and may not, during a
regular session, direct the medal to be awarded to more than:
(1) one service member for service in the state or
federal military forces during the period beginning after 1835 but
before 1956; [and]
(2) one service member for service in the state or
federal military forces during the period beginning after January
1, 1956, but before September 11, 2001; and
(3) one service member for service in the state or
federal military forces on or after September 11, 2001 [1955].
(e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c), the Texas
Legislative Medal of Honor shall be awarded to a resident of this
state who receives the Congressional Medal of Honor. A Texas
Legislative Medal of Honor awarded under this subsection is not
included for purposes of determining the number of medals that may
be awarded under Subsection (d).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4421 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4421 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4421 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor