Bill Text: TX HB156 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-11 - Filed [HB156 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB156-Introduced.html

	87S20704 KJE-D

	By: Patterson	H.B. No. 156



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition
	on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (s) to read as follows:
	(s) Section 46.03(a)(2) does not apply to a person who
	carries a handgun if the person:
	(1) is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,
	Chapter 411, Government Code; and
	(2) is engaged in the performance of the person's
	duties as a presiding judge or alternate presiding judge under
	Chapter 32, Election Code:
	(A) while early voting is in progress; or
	(B) on the day of an election.
	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 was
	committed before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.