Bill Text: TX HB896 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun and the expiration of those licenses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [HB896 Detail]

Download: Texas-2027-HB896-Introduced.html

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90R1314 MZM-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 896

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or
commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed
to carry a handgun and the expiration of those licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 507.001(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This section does not affect:
(1) the requirement to display a handgun license under
Section 411.205, Government Code[, that a person subject to that
section present a driver's license or identification certificate in
addition to a concealed handgun license]; or
(2) the types of identification required under federal
law to access airport premises or pass through airport security.
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1795. DESIGNATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. The department shall adopt rules
allowing an applicant for an original, duplicate, modified, or
renewed license under this subchapter, in addition to being issued
an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license, to elect to
include on the person's driver's license or commercial driver's
license a designation indicating that the person is licensed under
this subchapter. The rules must include procedures to ensure that a
person who makes an election under this section receives a
designation on the person's driver's license or commercial driver's
license only if the person meets the requirements for issuance of
the original, duplicate, modified, or renewed handgun license.
SECTION 3. Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
display identification, the license holder shall display:
(1) either of the following:
(A) the license holder's driver's license or
commercial driver's license that includes a handgun license
designation under Section 521.128 or 522.030, Transportation Code;
or
(B) both the license holder's driver's license,
commercial driver's license, or personal identification
certificate issued by the department and the license holder's
handgun license; and
(2) if the license holder's handgun license bears a
protective order designation, a copy of the applicable court order
under which the license holder is protected.
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.128 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.128. HANDGUN LICENSE DESIGNATION. The department
shall include on each driver's license issued to a person licensed
to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government
Code, who makes an election under Section 411.1795, Government
Code, a designation that shows the person is licensed under that
subchapter. The designation must include the person's handgun
license number and a statement of the period for which the handgun
license is effective.
SECTION 5. Section 521.271(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Each original driver's license, provisional license,
learner license, or occupational driver's license issued to an
applicant who is a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident
of the United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into
the United States expires as follows:
(1) except as provided by Sections [Section] 521.2711
and 521.2712, a driver's license expires on the first birthday of
the license holder occurring after the eighth anniversary of the
date of the application;
(2) a provisional license expires on the 18th birthday
of the license holder;
(3) a learner license expires on the 18th birthday of
the license holder;
(4) an occupational driver's license expires on the
first anniversary of the court order granting the license; and
(5) unless an earlier date is otherwise provided, a
driver's license issued to a person whose residence or domicile is a
correctional facility or a parole facility expires on the first
birthday of the license holder occurring after the first
anniversary of the date of issuance.
SECTION 6. Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.2712 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.2712. EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE WITH
HANDGUN LICENSE DESIGNATION. Each original or renewal driver's
license issued to an applicant who elects to include on the person's
driver's license a handgun license designation described by Section
521.128 expires on the earlier of:
(1) the first birthday of the license holder occurring
after the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance; or
(2) the expiration date of the person's license to
carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
SECTION 7. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The department shall include on each commercial
driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a handgun
under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes an
election under Section 411.1795, Government Code, a designation
that shows the person is licensed under that subchapter. The
designation must include the person's handgun license number and a
statement of the period for which the handgun license is effective.
SECTION 8. Sections 522.051(a), (b), (c), (d), (i), (j),
(k), and (l), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (i) and
Sections 522.013(e), 522.033, [and] 522.054, and 522.056, an
original commercial driver's license expires eight years after the
applicant's next birthday.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (j) and Sections
[Section] 522.054 and 522.056, a commercial driver's license issued
to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would
expire one year or more after the date of issuance of the commercial
driver's license expires eight years after the applicant's next
birthday.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (k) and Sections
[Section] 522.054 and 522.056, a commercial driver's license issued
to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would
expire less than one year after the date of issuance of the
commercial driver's license or that has been expired for less than
one year expires eight years after the expiration date shown on the
Class A, B, C, or M license.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (l) and Sections
[Section] 522.054 and 522.056, a commercial driver's license issued
to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that has been
expired for at least one year but not more than two years expires
eight years after the applicant's last birthday.
(i) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections
522.013(e), 522.033, [and] 522.054, and 522.056, an original
commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement
expires five years after the applicant's next birthday.
(j) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials
endorsement issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M
license that would expire one year or more after the date of
issuance of the commercial driver's license expires five years
after the applicant's next birthday.
(k) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials
endorsement issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M
license that would expire less than one year after the date of
issuance of the commercial driver's license or that has been
expired for less than one year expires five years after the
expiration date shown on the Class A, B, C, or M license.
(l) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials
endorsement issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M
license that has been expired for at least one year but not more
than two years expires five years after the applicant's last
birthday.
SECTION 9. Sections 522.052(b), (c), (k), and (l),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a renewal of a commercial driver's license that has been
expired for less than one year expires eight years after the
expiration date shown on the commercial driver's license.
(c) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a renewal of a commercial driver's license that has been
expired for at least one year but not more than two years expires
seven years after the applicant's last birthday.
(k) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a renewal of a commercial driver's license with a
hazardous materials endorsement that has been expired for less than
one year expires five years after the expiration date shown on the
commercial driver's license.
(l) Except as provided by Sections [Section] 522.054 and
522.056, a renewal of a commercial driver's license with a
hazardous materials endorsement that has been expired for at least
one year but not more than two years expires five years after the
applicant's last birthday.
SECTION 10. Subchapter E, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 522.056 to read as follows:
Sec. 522.056. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE CONTAINING HANDGUN
LICENSE DESIGNATION. Except as provided by Section 522.054, each
original or renewal commercial driver's license issued to an
applicant who elects to include on the person's driver's license a
handgun license designation described by Section 522.030 expires on
the earlier of:
(1) the first birthday of the license holder occurring
after the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance; or
(2) the expiration date of the person's license to
carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
SECTION 11. Not later than December 1, 2027, the Department
of Public Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section
411.1795, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 12. (a) Section 411.1795, Government Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,
duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
who submits the application on or after January 1, 2028.
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 521 and
522, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license or
commercial driver's license issued or renewed under Chapter 521 or
522, Transportation Code, on or after January 1, 2028.
SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.