88(R) HB 356 - House Committee Report version

Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection
	with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
	is amended by adding Section 95A.0002 to read as follows:
	Sec. 95A.0002. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH
	ALLOWING CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (a) In this section, "license
	holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter
	H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
	(b) A person with control over the premises of a business
	who allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a
	concealed handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for
	damages arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on
	the premises by the license holder.
	(c) For purposes of this section, the lack of an oral or
	written communication that constitutes notice for purposes of
	Section 30.06, Penal Code, is sufficient to constitute allowing
	entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed handgun.
	SECTION 2. Section 95A.0002, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that
	accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action
	that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by
	the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that
	date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

88(R) HB 356 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text