The bill seeks to call Sept. 30, Specialist Guillén’s birthday, as ‘Vanessa Guillén’ Day in the Lone Star State. It heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk.
On June 30, 2020, news of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén’s tragic death at the hands of a peer in Fort Hood, Texas, sent shockwaves through the country.
Almost three years later and with no clear rectitude on behalf of Guillén’s family, the Texas Legislature took a step to honor her memory by advancing a bill that observes Sept. 30 as ‘Vanessa Guillén’ day.
House Bill 2248 was introduced by State Representative Josey García, a Democrat who is herself a veteran and hopes to “increase awareness of and the military’s response to missing persons, sexual assault, and sexual harassment cases for service members,” the bill’s text reads.
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