By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1656
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting
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 662.088 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.088. VICTIMS OF THE UVALDE SHOOTING DAY. (a) May
24 is Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day in honor of the children
and teachers who were killed in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
(b) Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day is in memory of the
following 21 victims: Makenna Lee Elrod, Layla Marie Salazar,
Maranda Gail Mathis, Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo, Jose Manuel Flores Jr.,
Xavier James Lopez, Tess Marie Mata, Rojelio Fernandez Torres,
Eliahna "Ellie" Amyah Garcia, Eliahna Cruz Torres, Annabell
Guadalupe Rodriguez, Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, Uziyah Sergio Garcia,
Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, Jailah Nicole
Silguero, Irma Linda Garcia, Eva Mireles, Amerie Jo Garza,
Alexandria "Lexi" Aniyah Rubio, and Alithia Haven Ramirez.
(c) Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day shall be regularly
observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities.
SECTION 2. 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, 2025.