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      87(R) HB 1407 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.B.  No.  1407
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor 
         
            vehicle.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 46.035(a), Penal Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                          (a)    A license holder commits an offense if the license 
         
            holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person 
         
            under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, 
         
            and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another 
         
            person in a public place.    It is an exception to the application of 
         
            this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible 
         
            but was:
         
                                      (1)    carried in a shoulder or belt holster by the 
         
            license holder; or
         
                                      (2)    in a holster, and the handgun and the license 
         
            holder were in a motor vehicle.
         
                          SECTION  2.    The change in law made by this Act applies only 
         
            to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2022.   An offense 
         
            committed before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect 
         
            on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is 
         
            continued in effect for that purpose.   For purposes of this section, 
         
            an offense was committed before January 1, 2022, if any element of 
         
            the offense occurred before that date.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 1407 was passed by the House on April 
         
            15, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 97, Nays 47, 1 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 1407 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            20, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 28, Nays 3.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate        
         
            APPROVED:    _____________________
         
                                                  Date                    
         
                                _____________________
         
                                              Governor              
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 46.035 Penal Code
House Committee Report: 46.035 Penal Code
Engrossed: 46.035 Penal Code
Senate Committee Report: 46.035 Penal Code
Enrolled: 46.035 Penal Code




	AN ACT
	relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor
	vehicle.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.035(a), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license
	holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person
	under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
	and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another
	person in a public place. It is an exception to the application of
	this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible
	but was:
	(1) carried in a shoulder or belt holster by the
	license holder; or
	(2) in a holster, and the handgun and the license
	holder were in a motor vehicle.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2022. An offense
	committed before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect
	on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
	an offense was committed before January 1, 2022, if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1407 was passed by the House on April
	15, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 47, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1407 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor