Bill Text: TX HB111 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the possession of weapons on public property within 1000 feet of a school in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-15 - Filed [HB111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB111-Introduced.html
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 111 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the possession of weapons on public | ||
| property within 1000 feet of a school in Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sec. 46.03, Penal Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.03. PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED. (a) A person | ||
| commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or | ||
| recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, location-restricted | ||
| knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a): | ||
| (1) on the premises of a school or postsecondary | ||
| educational institution, on any grounds or building owned by and | ||
| under the control of a school or postsecondary educational | ||
| institution and on which an activity sponsored by the school or | ||
| institution is being conducted, on public property within 1000 feet | ||
| of a school, or in a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or | ||
| postsecondary educational institution, whether the school or | ||
| postsecondary educational institution is public or private, | ||
| unless: | ||
| (A) pursuant to written regulations or written | ||
| authorization of the school or institution; or | ||
| (B) the person possesses or goes with a concealed | ||
| handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, | ||
| Chapter 411, Government Code, and no other weapon to which this | ||
| section applies, on the premises of a postsecondary educational | ||
| institution, on any grounds or building owned by and under the | ||
| control of the institution and on which an activity sponsored by the | ||
| institution is being conducted, or in a passenger transportation | ||
| vehicle of the institution; | ||
| (2) on the premises of a polling place on the day of an | ||
| election or while early voting is in progress; | ||
| (3) on the premises of any government court or offices | ||
| utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or | ||
| written authorization of the court; | ||
| (4) on the premises of a racetrack; | ||
| (5) in or into a secured area of an airport; | ||
| (6) within 1,000 feet of premises the location of | ||
| which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a | ||
| place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the | ||
| designated premises and the person received notice that: | ||
| (A) going within 1,000 feet of the premises with | ||
| a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or | ||
| (B) possessing a weapon listed under this | ||
| subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited; | ||
| (7) on the premises of a business that has a permit or | ||
| license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic | ||
| Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its | ||
| income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for | ||
| on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic | ||
| Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; | ||
| (8) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, | ||
| or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking | ||
| place, unless the person is a participant in the event and a | ||
| firearm, location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon | ||
| listed in Section 46.05(a) is used in the event; | ||
| (9) on the premises of a correctional facility; | ||
| (10) on the premises of a civil commitment facility; | ||
| (11) on the premises of a hospital licensed under | ||
| Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing | ||
| facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless | ||
| the person has written authorization of the hospital or nursing | ||
| facility administration, as appropriate; | ||
| (12) on the premises of a mental hospital, as defined | ||
| by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, unless the person has | ||
| written authorization of the mental hospital administration; | ||
| (13) in an amusement park; or | ||
| (14) in the room or rooms where a meeting of a | ||
| governmental entity is held, if the meeting is an open meeting | ||
| subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and if the entity provided | ||
| notice as required by that chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on March 1st, 2024. | ||
