Bill Amendment: TX HB2976 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to an elective course on firearms safety for public high school students and the designation of August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.

Status: 2023-05-09 - Referred to Education [HB2976 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2976-House_Amendment_H_2_9-Turner.html

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Amend HB 2976 (house committee report) on page 1, between lines 17 and 18, by inserting the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumbering subsequent subdivisions accordingly:

(____)  include information regarding firearm-related risk reduction strategies and the risks associated with firearms, including that:

(A)  the presence of a firearm in a household significantly increases the risk of:

(i)  suicide, homicide, and death during an incident involving family violence; and

(ii)  the unintentional death of a child or other household member; and

(B)  firearms are the leading cause of death for persons who are 18 years of age or younger;