Bill Text: TX HB4827 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 4827

Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or educational institutions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4827 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4827-Engrossed.html

	88R12768 MEW-D

	By: Leo-Wilson, Schaefer, Guillen, Canales,	H.B. No. 4827
	Frazier, et al.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or
	carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with
	schools or educational institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.03(c), Penal Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (4-a) to read as follows:
	(1-a) "Educational institution" means:
	(A) an institution of higher education;
	(B) a private or independent institution of
	higher education; or
	(C) a career school or college, as defined by
	Section 132.001, Education Code.
	(4-a) "School" means a public or private primary or
	secondary school.
	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.