Bill Text: TX SB714 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to civil liability of a business in connection with prohibiting concealed handguns on the business premises.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB714 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB714-Introduced.html
| 88R9013 AJA-D | ||
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 714 | |
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| relating to civil liability of a business in connection with | ||
| prohibiting concealed handguns on the business premises. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 95A.0002 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 95A.0002. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH | ||
| PROHIBITING HANDGUNS. (a) In this section, "license holder" means | ||
| a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter | ||
| 411, Government Code. | ||
| (b) A person with control over the premises of a business | ||
| who prohibits entry on the premises by a license holder with a | ||
| concealed handgun by posting a sign on the premises as described by | ||
| Section 30.06, Penal Code, is liable for damages arising from a | ||
| criminal act occurring on the premises. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
