Bill Text: TX HB2960 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the locations in which carrying certain weapons is prohibited and the applicability of a defense to prosecution for an offense relating to carrying a handgun in certain prohibited locations and associated notice requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2960 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2960-Introduced.html

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88R11734 CJD-F
By: Cain H.B. No. 2960

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of a defense to prosecution for an
offense relating to carrying a handgun in certain prohibited
locations and to repealing associated notice requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 46.15(n) and (o), Penal Code, are
repealed.
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.