H.B. No. 1143

AN ACT

relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, from transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area provided by the district or charter school and may not regulate the manner in which the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is stored in the vehicle, provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the House on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 37, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the Senate on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor