Bill Text: TX SB793 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a ribbon for certain service members of the military who served in support of operations to secure this state's international border.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB793 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB793-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 793 |
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relating to a ribbon for certain service members of the military who | ||
served in support of operations to secure this state's | ||
international border. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.355(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The governor or adjutant general, if delegated the | ||
authority, may adopt policies and regulations relating to awarding: | ||
(1) the Texas Purple Heart Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member who: | ||
(A) after September 11, 2001: | ||
(i) was inducted into federal service from | ||
the Texas National Guard; and | ||
(ii) meets the criteria for an award of the | ||
federal Purple Heart Medal; or | ||
(B) was wounded or killed at Fort Hood on | ||
November 5, 2009; | ||
(2) the Texas Superior Service Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to: | ||
(A) a service member of the Texas military forces | ||
who has: | ||
(i) completed 30 or more years of honorable | ||
state service or a combination of state and federal service; and | ||
(ii) continually demonstrated superior | ||
performance and service while assigned to key leadership positions | ||
demanding responsibility; or | ||
(B) a civilian who has contributed significant | ||
service to the Texas military forces; | ||
(3) the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, which | ||
shall be awarded to a member of the military forces of this state, | ||
another state, or the United States for exceptionally outstanding | ||
achievement or service to this state in performance of a duty of | ||
great responsibility while serving with the Texas military forces | ||
for whom the department receives a letter of recommendation for | ||
award of the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal that: | ||
(A) gives an account of the exceptional | ||
achievement or service; and | ||
(B) includes facts and photographs, and extracts | ||
from official documents to support and amplify the facts; | ||
(4) the Texas Outstanding Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member of the military forces of this state, | ||
another state, or the United States who has performed service, | ||
either individually or as a member of a crew, in a superior and | ||
clearly outstanding manner; | ||
(5) the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who: | ||
(A) does not meet the criteria for an award of the | ||
federal Humanitarian Service Medal; | ||
(B) is a member of the Texas military forces; and | ||
(C) while serving on state active duty or active | ||
duty under state authority in accordance with Title 32, United | ||
States Code, participates satisfactorily in defense support to a | ||
mission under civilian authority to protect life or property during | ||
or soon after a natural disaster or civil unrest in the state; | ||
(6) the Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, which | ||
shall be awarded to a service member of the Texas military forces | ||
who served: | ||
(A) on or after September 11, 2001; | ||
(B) on state active duty or active duty under | ||
state authority in accordance with Title 32, United States Code; | ||
and | ||
(C) satisfactorily in defense support to a | ||
mission in the state under civilian authority; | ||
(7) the Federal Service Medal, which shall be awarded | ||
to a service member who was inducted into federal service from the | ||
Texas military forces between June 15, 1940, and January 1, 1946, or | ||
after June 1, 1950, if the service was for more than 90 days; | ||
(8) the Texas Combat Service Ribbon, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member of the Texas National Guard who served, | ||
after September 11, 2001, in a hostile fire zone as designated by | ||
the United States secretary of defense; | ||
(9) the Texas Faithful Service Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a member of the Texas military forces who has completed | ||
five years of honorable service during which the service member has | ||
shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to | ||
this state; | ||
(10) the Texas Medal of Merit, which shall be awarded | ||
to a member of the military forces of this state, another state, or | ||
the United States who performs outstanding service or attains | ||
extraordinary achievement, either individually or as a member of a | ||
crew, in behalf of the state or United States; | ||
(11) the Texas State Guard Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who completes three consecutive | ||
years of honorable service in the Texas State Guard during which the | ||
service member has shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and | ||
great loyalty to this state; | ||
(12) the Texas Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaign | ||
Medal, which shall be awarded to a service member who was inducted | ||
into federal service from the Texas National Guard after August 1, | ||
1990, in support of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert | ||
Storm, without regard to the place that the service member was | ||
deployed while serving on active federal military duty; | ||
(13) the Texas Iraqi Campaign Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member who was inducted into federal service | ||
from the Texas National Guard, without regard to the place that the | ||
service member was deployed while serving on active federal | ||
military duty, after: | ||
(A) March 19, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi | ||
Freedom; or | ||
(B) August 31, 2010, in support of Operation New | ||
Dawn; | ||
(14) the Texas Afghanistan Campaign Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who was inducted into federal service | ||
from the Texas National Guard after October 6, 2001, in support of | ||
Operation Enduring Freedom, without regard to the place that the | ||
service member was deployed while serving on active federal | ||
military duty; [ |
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(15) the Cold War Medal, which, subject to Subsection | ||
(c), shall be awarded to a member of the military forces of this | ||
state or the United States who: | ||
(A) served between September 2, 1945, and | ||
December 26, 1991; and | ||
(B) was a resident of this state at the time the | ||
service member entered military service; and | ||
(16) the Texas Border Security and Support Service | ||
Ribbon, which shall be awarded to a service member of the military | ||
forces of this state, another state, or the United States who | ||
served: | ||
(A) on or after July 28, 2014; | ||
(B) on state active duty or active duty under | ||
state authority in accordance with Title 32, United States Code, | ||
for at least 90 consecutive days, or in response to an emergency | ||
activation; and | ||
(C) honorably in support of operations under | ||
civilian authority to secure this state's international border. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 793 passed the Senate on | ||
April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 793 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |