H.B. No. 121

	AN ACT
	relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by
	certain persons carrying handguns.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
	the license holder was personally given notice by oral
	communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
	from the property.
	SECTION 2.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
	the license holder was personally given notice by oral
	communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
	from the property.
	SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the House on April
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 119, Nays 25, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor