Bill Text: TX HB2229 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of a criminal offense prohibiting certain weapons on the premises of a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2229-Introduced.html
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By: Hull | H.B. No. 2229 |
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relating to the prosecution of a criminal offense prohibiting | ||
certain weapons on the premises of a polling place. | ||
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 portion of the premises of a polling place | ||
where voting or other election-related activities are occurring on | ||
the day of an election or while early voting is in progress; | ||
(3) on the premises of any government court or offices | ||
utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or | ||
written authorization of the court; | ||
(4) on the premises of a racetrack; | ||
(5) in or into a secured area of an airport; or | ||
(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. | ||
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 when 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, 2021. |