Bill Text: TX HB121 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB121-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 121 | ||
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| relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by | ||
| certain persons carrying handguns. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (g) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
| the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
| communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
| from the property. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
| the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
| communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
| from the property. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act 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 the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 25, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
