89R8151 JSC-F
	By: Schatzline	H.B. No. 1908

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the carrying of a handgun while intoxicated and to the
	possession or carrying of a handgun by a license holder in certain
	locations selling or serving alcoholic beverages.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subdivision (21) to read as follows:
	(21)  "Intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section
	49.01.
	SECTION 2.  Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (g-2) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
	follows:
	(g-2)  An offense committed under Subsection (a)(8),
	(a)(10), (a)(11), (a)(13), (a-2), (a-3), or (a-4) is a Class A
	misdemeanor. An offense committed under Subsection (a)(7) is a
	Class A misdemeanor if the actor:
	(1)  commits the offense by possessing or carrying a
	handgun that the actor is licensed to carry under Subchapter H,
	Chapter 411, Government Code, and not any other weapon to which this
	section applies; and
	(2)  is intoxicated at the time of the offense.
	(j)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(7)
	that the actor:
	(1)  possesses or carries a handgun that the actor is
	licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
	and not any other weapon to which this section applies; and
	(2)  is not intoxicated while possessing or carrying
	the handgun in the location described by Subsection (a)(7).
	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, 2025.