| 1 | | - | By: Hancock, Blanco S.B. No. 1814 |
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| 1 | + | By: Hancock S.B. No. 1814 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2025; March 13, 2025, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs; |
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| 4 | + | April 1, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; April 1, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to |
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| 9 | 12 | | provide information to certain members of the United States armed |
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| 10 | 13 | | forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans. |
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| 11 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 434.0261 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 17 | | Sec. 434.0261. ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF CONTACT INFORMATION |
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| 15 | 18 | | FOR SERVICE MEMBERS LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY. (a) The commission shall |
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| 16 | 19 | | establish and maintain an electronic database that includes the |
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| 17 | 20 | | name and contact information of each member of the United States |
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| 18 | 21 | | armed forces who: |
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| 19 | 22 | | (1) has provided written consent to the commission to |
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| 20 | 23 | | have the member's information included in the database; and |
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| 21 | 24 | | (2) will be discharged or released from active duty |
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| 22 | 25 | | within 12 months of the date the member provides the consent |
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| 23 | 26 | | described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 24 | 27 | | (b) The database established under Subsection (a) must |
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| 25 | 28 | | allow state agencies and local veteran service organizations, |
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| 26 | 29 | | including veterans county service offices, that have applied to and |
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| 27 | 30 | | been approved by the commission to access the database for the |
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| 28 | 31 | | purpose of providing to members of the United States armed forces |
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| 29 | 32 | | included in the database information regarding state and local |
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| 30 | 33 | | benefits and resources available to veterans, including |
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| 31 | 34 | | information regarding employment and training opportunities, |
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| 32 | 35 | | housing, entrepreneurial and health care services, and veteran |
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| 33 | 36 | | support groups. |
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| 34 | 37 | | (c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 35 | 38 | | and administer this section, including rules establishing the |
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| 36 | 39 | | procedure by which entities apply to and are approved by the |
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| 37 | 40 | | commission to access the database established under Subsection (a). |
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| 38 | 41 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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