Bill Text: TX HB3922 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB3922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3922-Introduced.html
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By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3922 |
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relating to Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.9074 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.9074. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK. (a) To | ||
educate students about the dangers posed by the drug fentanyl and | ||
the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the governor | ||
shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness | ||
Week in public schools. | ||
(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may include | ||
age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the | ||
prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined | ||
by each school district. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |