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            relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended  | 
         
         
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            to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (a)  To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before  | 
         
         
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            the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the  | 
         
         
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            department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted  | 
         
         
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            under Subsection (f), on the Internet: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  a renewal application on a form provided by the  | 
         
         
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            department; | 
         
         
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                         (2)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and | 
         
         
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                         (3)  the informational form described by Subsection (c)  | 
         
         
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            signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a  | 
         
         
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            handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective  | 
         
         
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            date of this Act. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
         
         
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            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
         
         
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            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
         
         
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            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
         
         
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            Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the House on May 6,  | 
         
         
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            2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 20, 3 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            19, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 7. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |