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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same | 
         
            |  | locked location in certain foster homes. | 
         
            |  | 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 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 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]. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |