Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1925 amends the Penal Code to make it an offense for a person, after receiving notice, to possess a firearm, an illegal knife, a club, or certain prohibited weapons within 1,000 feet of an area designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a place of execution on a day that a sentence of death is to be imposed. The bill provides exceptions to the offense and excludes a person who possesses a firearm or club while in the actual discharge of official duties as a member of the armed forces or state military forces or an employee of a penal institution.