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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
