Bill Text: TX SB281 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain language regarding a person who is deaf or hard of hearing in statutes or resolutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB281-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 281 |
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relating to the use of certain language regarding a person who is | ||
deaf or hard of hearing in statutes or resolutions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 392.002, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) In addition to the terms and phrases listed in | ||
Subsection (a), the legislature and the Texas Legislative Council | ||
are directed to avoid using in any new statute or resolution | ||
"hearing impaired," "auditory impairment," and "speech impaired" | ||
in reference to a deaf or hard of hearing person, and the | ||
legislature and the Texas Legislative Council are directed to | ||
replace, when enacting or revising a statute or resolution, those | ||
phrases with "deaf" or "hard of hearing," as appropriate. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 281 passed the Senate on | ||
April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 281 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 7, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |