H.B. No. 798

	AN ACT
	relating to certain actions taken by certain licensing authorities
	regarding a license holder or applicant who has been convicted of a
	Class C misdemeanor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who has been
	convicted only of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor
	unless:
	(1)  the person is an applicant for or the holder of a
	license that authorizes the person to possess a firearm; and
	(2)  the offense for which the person was convicted is a
	misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as that term is defined by 18
	U.S.C. Section 921.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
	application for, or a disciplinary proceeding regarding, a license
	or other authorization that is pending with a licensing authority
	on the effective date of this Act or an application filed or a
	disciplinary proceeding commenced on or after that date.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 798 was passed by the House on April
	25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 798 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2
	present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 798 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor