87R1867 ADM-D
By: Patterson H.B. No. 530
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition
on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.
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) Section 46.03(a)(2) does not apply to a person who
carries a handgun if the person:
(1) is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,
Chapter 411, Government Code; and
(2) is engaged in the performance of the person's
duties as an election judge under Chapter 32, Election Code:
(A) while early voting is in progress; or
(B) on the day of an election.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.