| 1 | 1 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 4472 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety and the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Texas School Safety Center to provide information and resources |
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| 8 | 8 | | regarding safe firearm storage to school districts and |
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| 9 | 9 | | open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parents or |
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| 10 | 10 | | legal custodians of students. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 37.221 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 37.221. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE INFORMATION. (a) The |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas Department of Public Safety and the center shall provide to |
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| 16 | 16 | | all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools |
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| 17 | 17 | | information and resources about safe firearm storage to be |
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| 18 | 18 | | distributed through the district or school to the parents or legal |
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| 19 | 19 | | custodians of students. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The information and resources described by subdivision |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) shall include information about Texas Penal Code Section 46.13 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and steps parents and legal custodians can take to prevent children |
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| 23 | 23 | | from accessing a firearm. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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