Amend CSHB 1704 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and by renumbering existing SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Section 411.172(b), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b) For the purposes of this section, an offense under the 
laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:
		(1) a felony if the offense, at the time of a person's 
application for a license to carry a concealed handgun:
			(A) is [so] designated by a law of this state as a 
felony;
			(B) contains all the elements of an offense 
designated by a law of this state as a felony; or
			(C) is punishable by [or if] confinement for one 
year or more in a penitentiary [is affixed to the offense as a 
possible punishment]; and
		(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is not a felony 
and confinement in a jail other than a state jail felony facility is 
affixed as a possible punishment.