Bill Text: TX HB1506 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain retired county court judges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-04 - Filed [HB1506 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1506-Introduced.html

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89R4009 CJD-D
By: Ashby H.B. No. 1506

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
retired county court judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Retired judicial officer" means:
(A) a visiting judge appointed under Section
26.023 or 26.024;
(B) a senior judge designated under Section
75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section
75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; [or]
(C) a retired federal judge who is a resident of
this state; or
(D) a retired judge of a constitutional county
court or statutory county court who served at least 48 months in a
constitutional county court or statutory county court.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a license to carry a handgun submitted on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.