Bill Text: TX HB121 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB121-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 121 |
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relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by | ||
certain persons carrying handguns. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
from the property. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
from the property. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the House on April | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 25, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |