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Amend CSHB 302 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike page 3, line 9, through page 4, line 3, and substitute the following:
(f-3) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) the basis on which entry on a leased premises governed by Chapter 94, Property Code, was forbidden is that entry with a firearm or firearm ammunition was forbidden;
(2) the actor is a tenant of a manufactured home lot or the tenant's guest;
(3) the actor:
(A) carries or stores a firearm or firearm ammunition in the tenant's manufactured home;
(B) carries a firearm or firearm ammunition directly en route to or from the tenant's manufactured home;
(C) carries a firearm or firearm ammunition directly en route to or from the actor's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or
(D) carries or stores a firearm or firearm ammunition in the actor's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; and
(4) the actor is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing a firearm or firearm ammunition.
(2) Strike page 5, line 17, through page 6, line 8, and substitute the following:
(e-3) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) the license holder is a tenant of a manufactured home lot governed by Chapter 94, Property Code, or the tenant's guest; and
(2) the license holder:
(A) carries or stores a handgun in the tenant's manufactured home;
(B) carries a handgun directly en route to or from the tenant's manufactured home;
(C) carries a handgun directly en route to or from the license holder's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or
(D) carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises.
(3) Strike page 7, line 22, through page 8, line 13, and substitute the following:
(e-3) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) the license holder is a tenant of a manufactured home lot governed by Chapter 94, Property Code, or the tenant's guest; and
(2) the license holder:
(A) carries or stores a handgun in the tenant's manufactured home;
(B) carries a handgun directly en route to or from the tenant's manufactured home;
(C) carries a handgun directly en route to or from the license holder's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or
(D) carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises.
(4) Strike page 10, line 5, through page 11, line 4, and substitute the following:
SECTION 7. Subchapter F, Chapter 94, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 94.257 to read as follows:
Sec. 94.257. POSSESSION OF FIREARM OR FIREARM AMMUNITION ON LEASED PREMISES. Unless possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition on a landlord's property is prohibited by state or federal law, a landlord may not prohibit a tenant or a tenant's guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition:
(1) in the tenant's manufactured home;
(2) in a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or
(3) in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to:
(A) enter or exit the tenant's manufactured home;
(B) enter or exit the leased premises; or
(C) enter or exit a vehicle on the leased premises or located in a parking area provided by the landlord for tenants or tenants' guests.
(5) On page 11, line 13, strike "93.014" and substitute "94.257".