88R12768 MEW-D
By: Leo-Wilson, Schaefer, Guillen, Canales, H.B. No. 4827
Frazier, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or
carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with
schools or educational institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.03(c), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (4-a) to read as follows:
(1-a) "Educational institution" means:
(A) an institution of higher education;
(B) a private or independent institution of
higher education; or
(C) a career school or college, as defined by
Section 132.001, Education Code.
(4-a) "School" means a public or private primary or
secondary school.
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 occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.