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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB298Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.
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FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the list of officers (including community supervision officers, juvenile probation officers, and retired law enforcement officers) who may carry weapons in establishments serving the public, regardless of whether on duty, and clarifies related criminal liability for taking weapons from them.
An establishment serving the public may not prohibit or otherwise restrict a peace officer, a [deleted: or] special investigator, a community supervision and corrections department officer, or a juvenile probation officer described by Section 46.15(a)(1), (3), or (9), Penal Code, as applicable, from carrying on the establishment's premises a weapon that the officer or investigator is otherwise authorized to carry, regardless of whether the officer or investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's or investigator's duties while carrying the weapon.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Expands the offense of taking a weapon from certain public-safety officers to explicitly include juvenile probation officers and updates the title and presumptions accordingly.
A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, juvenile probation officer, or commissioned security officer the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm, nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing device.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands carry rights for specified officers and retired law enforcement in public places (firearms/carry, expands) by amending restrictions on establishments and exceptions to Penal Code 46.02/46.03, while also expanding the scope of the weapon-taking offense under Penal Code 38.14 to cover more officers (firearms/other, restricts). All changes derive directly from added or deleted text in the provided bill; no other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB272Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain federal judges.↑Expands gun access Filed
HB283Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.↑Expands gun access Filed
HB377Relating to an expiration date extension for a license to carry a handgun following renewal materials submission.↑Expands gun access Filed
HB422Relating to an expiration date extension for a license to carry a handgun following renewal materials submission.↑Expands gun access Filed