Bill Text: TX HB4639 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to unlawfully carrying a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4639-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to unlawfully carrying a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4639-Introduced.html
| By: Thimesch | H.B. No. 4639 | |
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| relating to the carrying of a handgun in a motor vehicle or | ||
| watercraft. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 46.02(a-1), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A person commits an offense if the person | ||
| intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or | ||
| her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft [ |
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| (1) the handgun is in plain view, unless the person is | ||
| 21 years of age or older or is licensed to carry a handgun under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and the handgun is | ||
| carried in a holster; or | ||
| (2) the person is: | ||
| (A) engaged in criminal activity, other than a | ||
| Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance | ||
| regulating traffic or boating; or | ||
| (B) prohibited by law from possessing a firearm. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2023. | ||
