H.B. No. 1168

	AN ACT
	relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of
	an airport.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.03(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(3)  "Secured area" means an area:
	(A)  of an airport terminal building or of an
	adjacent aircraft parking area used by common carriers in air
	transportation but not used by general aviation; and
	(B)  to which access is controlled [by the
	inspection of persons and property] under federal law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 46.03(e), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(e)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(5)
	that the actor:
	(1)  checked all firearms as baggage in accordance with
	federal or state law or regulations before entering a secured area;
	or
	(2)  was authorized by a federal agency or the airport
	operator to possess a firearm in a secured area.
	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, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1168 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 8, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1168 was passed by the Senate on May
	16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 17, Nays 14.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor