Bill Text: TX HB1387 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same locked location in certain foster homes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1387 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1387-Comm_Sub.html

---

87R2993 MCK-D
By: Harris, Noble, et al. H.B. No. 1387

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same
locked location in certain foster homes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e-1) The commission may not prohibit possession of
lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an agency foster
home. Minimum standards may be adopted under this section relating
to safety and proper storage of firearms and ammunition. The
minimum standards must allow firearms and ammunition to be [stored
separately or] stored together in the same locked location [if the
firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the
firearms].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.