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