H.B. No. 2363
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and
  ammunition in the same locked location.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e-1)  The commission [department] may not prohibit
  possession of lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an
  agency foster home. Minimum standards may be adopted under this
  section relating to safety and proper storage of firearms and
  ammunition. The minimum standards must allow [, including
  standards requiring] firearms and ammunition to be stored
  separately or stored together in the same locked location if the
  firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the
  firearms [locations].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 97, Nays 43, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2363 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 85, Nays 56,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays
  7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor