By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 558          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;   May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State   Affairs; May 15, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote         COMMITTEE VOTE              YeaNayAbsentPNV          HughesX          PaxtonX          BettencourtX          BirdwellX          LaMantiaX          MenéndezX          MiddletonX          ParkerX          PerryX          SchwertnerX          ZaffiriniX     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.     * * * * *