| 1 | | - | By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 706 |
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| 1 | + | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 706 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 6, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | + | March 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0, one present not voting; March 5, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another |
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| 9 | 12 | | state. |
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| 10 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.173(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 15 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 16 | | (b) A valid license to carry a handgun issued by any other |
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| 14 | 17 | | state is recognized in this state. The governor shall negotiate [an |
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| 15 | 18 | | agreement] with any other state an agreement that provides for the |
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| 16 | 19 | | reciprocal recognition [issuance] of a license to carry a handgun |
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| 17 | 20 | | if the other state requires such an agreement before recognizing a |
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| 18 | 21 | | license to carry a handgun issued by this state [under which a |
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| 19 | 22 | | license issued by the other state is recognized in this state or |
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| 20 | 23 | | shall issue a proclamation that a license issued by the other state |
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| 21 | 24 | | is recognized in this state if the attorney general of the State of |
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| 22 | 25 | | Texas determines that a background check of each applicant for a |
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| 23 | 26 | | license issued by that state is initiated by state or local |
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| 24 | 27 | | authorities or an agent of the state or local authorities before the |
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| 25 | 28 | | license is issued. For purposes of this subsection, "background |
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| 26 | 29 | | check" means a search of the National Crime Information Center |
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| 27 | 30 | | database and the Interstate Identification Index maintained by the |
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| 28 | 31 | | Federal Bureau of Investigation]. The department shall publish on |
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| 29 | 32 | | its Internet website and annually update a list of states in which a |
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| 30 | 33 | | license to carry a handgun issued by this state is recognized. |
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| 31 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Sections 411.173(c) and (d), Government Code, |
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| 32 | 35 | | are repealed. |
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| 33 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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