Bill Text: TX HB22 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HB22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB22-Introduced.html
| 87S10024 MWC-D | ||
| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 22 | |
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| relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 662.116 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.116. FIREARM SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. (a) June is | ||
| Firearm Safety Awareness Month to increase awareness of firearm | ||
| safety and encourage community residents and leaders to discuss the | ||
| safe and responsible ownership, storage, and use of firearms and to | ||
| promote voluntary and collaborative methods that improve public | ||
| safety. | ||
| (b) Firearm Safety Awareness Month may be regularly | ||
| observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase | ||
| awareness of and education on the responsible use of firearms. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
