H.B. No. 558         AN ACT   relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of   certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state   of disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 418.012.  EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter,   the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and   regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders,   proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law.          (b)  An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued   by the governor under this chapter that restricts the operation of   or the hours of operation for a business that sells alcoholic   beverages may not include an organization exempt from federal   taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an   organization described by Section 501(c)(19) of that code, that   benefits veterans of the United States armed forces.          SECTION 2.  Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster   issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A   declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date   of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the House on May 2,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the Senate on May   17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor