Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1506 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 04/28/2025

                            89R4009 CJD-D
 By: Ashby H.B. No. 1506




 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
 retired county court judges.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
 (A)  a visiting judge appointed under Section
 26.023 or 26.024;
 (B)  a senior judge designated under Section
 75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section
 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; [or]
 (C)  a retired federal judge who is a resident of
 this state; or
 (D)  a retired judge of a constitutional county
 court or statutory county court who served at least 48 months in a
 constitutional county court or statutory county court.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to an application for a license to carry a handgun submitted on or
 after the effective date of this Act.  An application submitted
 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
 effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
 is continued in effect for that purpose.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.