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