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H.B. No. 39 AN ACT relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 193.006, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (d) When the death certificate of a person to which this section applies is filed with the vital statistics unit, the department [state registrar] shall submit to [notify] the Texas Veterans Commission deidentified information on the person's: (1) manner of death, only if the death was by suicide or homicide; (2) age; (3) race; (4) sex; and (5) occupation. (e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Texas Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over veterans affairs and publish on the commission's Internet website a written report that contains: (1) aggregated data based on the information the commission receives under Subsection (d) for the preceding year; (2) an evaluation of that data; and (3) any recommendations for legislative or other action. SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2027, the Texas Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit the initial report required by Section 193.006(e), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 39 was passed by the House on April 15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 39 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 4, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 39 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor
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