| 1 | 1 | | By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1656 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting |
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| 9 | 9 | | Day. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 662.088 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 662.088. VICTIMS OF THE UVALDE SHOOTING DAY. (a) May |
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| 14 | 14 | | 24 is Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day in honor of the children |
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| 15 | 15 | | and teachers who were killed in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day is in memory of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | following 21 victims: Makenna Lee Elrod, Layla Marie Salazar, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Maranda Gail Mathis, Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo, Jose Manuel Flores Jr., |
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| 19 | 19 | | Xavier James Lopez, Tess Marie Mata, Rojelio Fernandez Torres, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Eliahna "Ellie" Amyah Garcia, Eliahna Cruz Torres, Annabell |
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| 21 | 21 | | Guadalupe Rodriguez, Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, Uziyah Sergio Garcia, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, Jailah Nicole |
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| 23 | 23 | | Silguero, Irma Linda Garcia, Eva Mireles, Amerie Jo Garza, |
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| 24 | 24 | | Alexandria "Lexi" Aniyah Rubio, and Alithia Haven Ramirez. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day shall be regularly |
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| 26 | 26 | | observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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