AN ACT

relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and

ammunition in the same locked location.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(e-1) The commission [ department ] may not prohibit

possession of lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an

agency foster home. Minimum standards may be adopted under this

section relating to safety and proper storage of firearms and

ammunition . The minimum standards must allow [ , including

standards requiring ] firearms and ammunition to be stored

separately or stored together in the same locked location if the

firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the

firearms [ locations ].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the House on May 2,

2019, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 43, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 2363 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 85, Nays 56,

2 present, not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays

7.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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