Bill Text: TX HB1057 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 25-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1057 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1057-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1057 |
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relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism 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 662.080 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 662.080. VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM DAY. (a) November 7 is | ||
Victims of Communism Day in memory of the more than 100 million | ||
people who died and countless others who suffered under communist | ||
regimes. | ||
(b) Victims of Communism Day may be regularly observed by | ||
appropriate ceremonies and activities. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1057 was passed by the House on April | ||
15, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1057 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |