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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session

SB193 Relating to evidence in certain civil actions that entry on a property by a license holder with a concealed handgun was forbidden.

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Expands gun access ✓ Reviewed model said: Restricts · Lets a business's no-carry sign be used as evidence of liability for crimes on its property, which discourages banning concealed carry. v5 read it as restricting. model confidence 80%

Makes evidence of a business's posted notice forbidding concealed handguns admissible in civil suits against the business for injuries from crimes on the property, and states that it supports a cause of action against the business, so businesses face greater legal risk for posting such notices and a

The fact that a card, sign, or other document described by Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is posted on the property of a business or any other evidence that a business owner exercised the business owner's option to forbid the carrying of a concealed handgun by a license holder on the property: (1) is admissible as evidence in a trial on the merits in an action: (A) against the business owner; and (B) in which the cause of action arises from serious bodily injury or death arising from a criminal act occurring on the property; and (2) supports a cause of action described by Subdivision (1)

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  1. Filed
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Stage: Filed · step 1 of 6

Last action
2026-11-09: Filed
Filed
2026-11-09
Sponsor
Bob Hall R, Brent Hagenbuch R

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses civil liability evidence rules tied to a business's decision to forbid concealed handgun carry under Penal Code 30.06. It does not change the underlying ability to buy, own, or carry firearms but alters the legal consequences for businesses that choose to restrict carry on their property.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-11-09SFiled
2026-11-09SReceived by the Secretary of the Senate