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Amend HB 1407 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Section 46.13(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b)  A person commits an offense if a child gains access to a readily dischargeable firearm and the person with criminal negligence:
(1)  failed to secure the firearm; or
(2)  left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access, including leaving the firearm unattended in a vehicle when a child is present in the vehicle.