Bill Text: TX HB192 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the possession of a weapon in certain locations of a government court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB192-Introduced.html
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By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 192 |
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relating to the possession of a weapon in certain locations of a | ||
government court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, | ||
knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, | ||
location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in | ||
Section 46.05(a): | ||
(1) on the physical premises of a school or | ||
educational institution, any grounds or building on which an | ||
activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being | ||
conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or | ||
educational institution, whether the school or educational | ||
institution is public or private, unless: | ||
(A) pursuant to written regulations or written | ||
authorization of the institution; or | ||
(B) the person possesses or goes with a concealed | ||
handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, | ||
Chapter 411, Government Code, and no other weapon to which this | ||
section applies, on the premises of an institution of higher | ||
education or private or independent institution of higher | ||
education, on any grounds or building on which an activity | ||
sponsored by the institution is being conducted, or in a passenger | ||
transportation vehicle of the institution; | ||
(2) on the premises of a polling place on the day of an | ||
election or while early voting is in progress; | ||
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regulations or written authorization of the applicable government | ||
court, in: | ||
(A) a courtroom or other room in which a judicial | ||
proceeding is being held; | ||
(B) a jury room; | ||
(C) a judge's chambers; or | ||
(D) the office of a member of a judge's staff; | ||
(4) on the premises of a racetrack; | ||
(5) in or into a secured area of an airport; | ||
(6) within 1,000 feet of premises the location of | ||
which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a | ||
place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the | ||
designated premises and the person received notice that: | ||
(A) going within 1,000 feet of the premises with | ||
a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or | ||
(B) possessing a weapon listed under this | ||
subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited; | ||
(7) on the premises of a business that has a permit or | ||
license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its | ||
income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for | ||
on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; | ||
(8) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, | ||
or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking | ||
place, unless the person is a participant in the event and a | ||
firearm, location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon | ||
listed in Section 46.05(a) is used in the event; | ||
(9) on the premises of a correctional facility; | ||
(10) on the premises of a civil commitment facility; | ||
(11) on the premises of a hospital licensed under | ||
Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing | ||
facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless | ||
the person has written authorization of the hospital or nursing | ||
facility administration, as appropriate; | ||
(12) on the premises of a mental hospital, as defined | ||
by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, unless the person has | ||
written authorization of the mental hospital administration; | ||
(13) in an amusement park; or | ||
(14) in the room or rooms where a meeting of a | ||
governmental entity is held, if the meeting is an open meeting | ||
subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and if the entity provided | ||
notice as required by that chapter. | ||
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 September 1, 2023. |