Bill Amendment: TX HB2976 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
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
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
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;