87R6125 JSC-D
	By: Springer	S.B. No. 545

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to authorizing certain persons to carry a handgun without
	a license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (m) to read as follows:
	(m)  Sections 46.02, 46.03(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), and
	46.035(a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (b)(1), (2), (4), and (5), and (c)
	do not apply to a person who:
	(1)  is not prohibited under state or federal law from
	possessing a firearm;
	(2)  is 18 years of age or older;
	(3)  is:
	(A)  protected under:
	(i)  a temporary restraining order or
	temporary injunction issued under Subchapter F, Chapter 6, Family
	Code;
	(ii)  a temporary ex parte order issued
	under Chapter 83, Family Code;
	(iii)  a protective order issued under
	Chapter 85, Family Code;
	(iv)  a protective order issued Chapter 7B,
	Code of Criminal Procedure; or
	(v)  a magistrate's order for emergency
	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(B)  a member of the household or family of a
	person protected under an order described by Paragraph (A); or
	(C)  a participant in the address confidentiality
	program under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	and
	(4)  carries:
	(A)  a handgun:
	(i)  in a concealed manner; or
	(ii)  in a shoulder or belt holster, unless
	the person is on a premises described by Section 46.035(a-1); and
	(B)  documentation of the order or program
	participation described by Subdivision (3).
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.61(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f) or (i), the
	commission or administrator shall cancel an original or renewal
	permit if it is found, after notice and hearing, that the permittee
	knowingly allowed a person to possess a firearm in a building on the
	licensed premises. This subsection does not apply to a person:
	(1)  who holds a security officer commission issued
	under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, if:
	(A)  the person is engaged in the performance of
	the person's duties as a security officer;
	(B)  the person is wearing a distinctive uniform;
	and
	(C)  the weapon is in plain view;
	(2)  who is a peace officer;
	(3)  who is a permittee or an employee of a permittee if
	the person is supervising the operation of the premises; [or]
	(4)  who possesses a handgun the person is licensed to
	carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, unless the
	person is on the premises of a business described by Section
	46.035(b)(1), Penal Code; or
	(5)  who possesses a handgun and is a person described
	by Section 46.15(m), Penal Code.
	SECTION 3.  Section 61.71(f), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(f)  Except as provided by Subsection (g) or (j), the
	commission or administrator shall cancel an original or renewal
	dealer's on-premises or off-premises license if it is found, after
	notice and hearing, that the licensee knowingly allowed a person to
	possess a firearm in a building on the licensed premises. This
	subsection does not apply to a person:
	(1)  who holds a security officer commission issued
	under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, if:
	(A)  the person is engaged in the performance of
	the person's duties as a security officer;
	(B)  the person is wearing a distinctive uniform;
	and
	(C)  the weapon is in plain view;
	(2)  who is a peace officer;
	(3)  who is a licensee or an employee of a licensee if
	the person is supervising the operation of the premises; [or]
	(4)  who possesses a handgun the person is licensed to
	carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, unless the
	person is on the premises of a business described by Section
	46.035(b)(1), Penal Code; or
	(5)  who possesses a handgun and is a person described
	by Section 46.15(m), Penal Code.
	SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.