Bill Text: TX HB909 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Considered in Calendars [HB909 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB909-Comm_Sub.html
87R17233 MWC-D | |||
By: Gervin-Hawkins, Goodwin | H.B. No. 909 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 909: | |||
By: Morales of Harris | C.S.H.B. No. 909 |
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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 662.114 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 662.114. 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, 2021. |