H.B. No. 1387

	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the House on April
	21, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 98, Nays 50, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 11.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor