H.B. No. 2363
AN ACT
relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and
ammunition in the same locked location.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e-1) The commission [department] may not prohibit
possession of lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an
agency foster home. Minimum standards may be adopted under this
section relating to safety and proper storage of firearms and
ammunition. The minimum standards must allow [, including
standards requiring] firearms and ammunition to be stored
separately or stored together in the same locked location if the
firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the
firearms [locations].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 43, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2363 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 85, Nays 56,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays
7.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor