87R659 MEW-D
	By: Lucio	S.B. No. 893

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authorization of a license holder to carry a
	concealed handgun at a school or educational institution.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall disclose [to a criminal justice
	agency] information contained in its files and records regarding
	whether a named individual or any individual named in a specified
	list is licensed under this subchapter to:
	(1)  a criminal justice agency; or
	(2)  a school district, open-enrollment charter
	school, or private school that requests verification under Section
	411.210.
	(a-1)  Information on an individual subject to disclosure
	under this section includes the individual's name, date of birth,
	gender, race, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, and
	Internet website address. Except as otherwise provided by this
	section and by Sections [Section] 411.193 and 411.210, all other
	records maintained under this subchapter are confidential and are
	not subject to mandatory disclosure under the open records law,
	Chapter 552.
	(c)  The department shall notify a license holder of any
	request that is made for information relating to the license holder
	under this section and provide the name of the entity [agency]
	making the request.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.210.  VERIFICATION OF LICENSE BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
	(a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private
	school may request verification from the department that a person
	holds a valid license to carry a handgun under this subchapter
	before authorizing the person to carry a concealed handgun on
	school premises, as provided by Section 46.03(a)(1)(A)(i), Penal
	Code.
	(b)  As soon as practicable after receiving a request under
	Subsection (a), the department shall provide at no cost:
	(1)  verification that the person holds a valid license
	to carry a handgun under this subchapter; or
	(2)  notice that the person does not hold a valid
	license to carry a handgun under this subchapter.
	SECTION 3.  Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
	knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm,
	location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in
	Section 46.05(a):
	(1)  on the physical premises of a school or
	educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
	activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
	conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
	educational institution, whether the school or educational
	institution is public or private, unless:
	(A)  pursuant to written regulations or written
	authorization of the school or institution, the person possesses or
	goes with:
	(i)  a concealed handgun that the person is
	licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
	or
	(ii)  any weapon to which this section
	applies, other than a handgun; or
	(B)  the person possesses or goes with a concealed
	handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H,
	Chapter 411, Government Code, and no other weapon to which this
	section applies, on the premises of an institution of higher
	education or private or independent institution of higher
	education, on any grounds or building on which an activity
	sponsored by the institution is being conducted, or in a passenger
	transportation vehicle of the institution;
	(2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of an
	election or while early voting is in progress;
	(3)  on the premises of any government court or offices
	utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or
	written authorization of the court;
	(4)  on the premises of a racetrack;
	(5)  in or into a secured area of an airport; or
	(6)  within 1,000 feet of premises the location of
	which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a
	place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure,
	on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the
	designated premises and the person received notice that:
	(A)  going within 1,000 feet of the premises with
	a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or
	(B)  possessing a weapon listed under this
	subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited.
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act 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 the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.