Bill Text: TX HB853 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB853 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB853-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins, Holland, Bowers, et al. | H.B. No. 853 | |
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| relating to designating August 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) August | ||
| 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 for | ||
| recreational and defensive purposes and to promote voluntary and | ||
| collaborative methods that improve public safety. | ||
| (b) Firearm Safety Awareness Month may be regularly | ||
| observed through appropriate activities and programs in | ||
| communities to increase awareness of and instruction on the | ||
| responsible use of firearms. A firearms accident prevention | ||
| program may include animated videos, activity books, and other | ||
| instructional materials for community residents of all ages. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
