Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-14 - Left pending in committee [HB700 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative George Lavender [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Paddie [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James White [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lyle Larson [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cindy Burkett [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dennis Bonnen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Greg Bonnen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Giovanni Capriglione [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Byron Cook [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pat Fallon [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Flynn [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lance Gooden [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bryan Hughes [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Phil King [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan King [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matt Krause [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jodie Laubenberg [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeff Leach [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Miller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Larry Phillips [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Simmons [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-065	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ed Thompson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steve Toth [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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