By: Harris, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell)	H.B. No. 1387
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 2021;
	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same
	locked location in certain foster homes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e-1)  The commission may not prohibit possession of
	lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an agency foster
	home.  Minimum standards may be adopted under this section relating
	to safety and proper storage of firearms and ammunition.  The
	minimum standards must allow firearms and ammunition to be [stored
	separately or] stored together in the same locked location [if the
	firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the
	firearms].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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