87R23498 JSC-D
	By: Hall, et al.	S.B. No. 1253
	(White)
	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1253:  No.

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The department shall issue a license under this
	subchapter to each applicant who meets all the eligibility
	requirements and submits all the application materials, regardless
	of whether the applicant may legally carry a handgun without a
	license in this state under Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state
	law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  The department shall renew the license of each license
	holder who meets all the eligibility requirements to continue to
	hold a license and who submits all the renewal materials described
	by Subsection (a), regardless of whether the license holder may
	legally carry a handgun without a license in this state under
	Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state law.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.