By: Schaefer H.B. No. 3016
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
         relating to the carrying of a firearm by a licensee in a motor
  vehicle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  the following to the end of Subsection (a): It is an exception to
  the application of this subsection that the handgun was partially
  or wholly visible but was carried in a shoulder or belt holster by
  the license holder, or that the handgun was in a holster and the
  handgun and license holder were in a motor vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act in amending
  Sections 46.035, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed
  on or after January 1, 2020.  
  An offense committed before January 1,
  2020, is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was
  committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
  before January 1, 2020, if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.