Amend CSHB 1927 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 42.042(e-2), Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e-2)  The department may not prohibit the foster parent of a child who resides in the foster family's home from transporting the child in a vehicle where a handgun is present if the handgun is in the possession and control of the foster parent and the foster parent is not otherwise prohibited by law from carrying a handgun [licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code].