Bill Text: TX HB1311 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1311 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1311-Engrossed.html
| 88R2673 JRR-F | ||
| By: Dutton, Guillen | H.B. No. 1311 | |
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| relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
| (j) It is an exception to the application of Subsection | ||
| (a)(7) or (13) that the weapon that is the subject of the offense is | ||
| a location-restricted knife. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
