Bill Text: TX HB668 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)

Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB668 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB668-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 668

AN ACT
relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the
department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted
under Subsection (f), on the Internet:
(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the
department;
(2) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and
(3) the informational form described by Subsection (c)
signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the House on May 6,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 20, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor