H.B. No. 1143

	AN ACT
	relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other
	firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school
	parking area.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
	not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a
	license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
	Government Code, from transporting or storing a handgun or other
	firearm or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor
	vehicle in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area
	provided by the district or charter school and may not regulate the
	manner in which the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is stored in the
	vehicle, provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not
	in plain view.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
	school year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 97, Nays 37, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 11.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor