S.B. No. 20

	AN ACT
	relating to carrying and storing a handgun or handgun ammunition by
	a hotel guest.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 2155,
	Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER C. FIREARMS POLICY [NOTICE]
	SECTION 2.  Section 2155.101, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 2155.101.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "hotel"
	means a hotel, motel, inn, or similar business entity that offers
	more than 10 rooms to the public for temporary lodging for a fee
	[has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code].
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2155.1025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2155.1025.  FIREARMS POLICY. (a) Unless possession of
	a handgun or other firearm or ammunition on hotel property is
	prohibited by state or federal law, a hotel may not adopt a policy
	prohibiting a hotel guest from:
	(1)  carrying or storing a firearm or firearm
	ammunition in the guest's hotel room;
	(2)  carrying a firearm or firearm ammunition directly
	en route to or from the hotel or the guest's hotel room;
	(3)  carrying a firearm or firearm ammunition directly
	en route to or from the guest's vehicle located on the hotel
	property, including a vehicle in a parking area provided for hotel
	guests; or
	(4)  carrying or storing a firearm or firearm
	ammunition in the guest's vehicle located on the hotel property,
	including a vehicle in a parking area provided for hotel guests.
	(b)  A hotel may adopt a policy requiring a hotel guest
	carrying a firearm or firearm ammunition in a common area on the
	hotel property to:
	(1)  carry a handgun in a concealed manner; or
	(2)  carry a firearm or ammunition in a case or bag.
	SECTION 4.  Section 30.05, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (f-4) to read as follows:
	(f-4)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section
	that:
	(1)  the conduct occurred on hotel property, and the
	basis on which entry on that property was forbidden is that entry
	with a firearm or firearm ammunition was forbidden;
	(2)  the actor is a guest of a hotel, as defined by
	Section 2155.101, Occupations Code; and
	(3)  the actor:
	(A)  carries or stores a firearm or firearm
	ammunition in the actor's hotel room;
	(B)  carries a firearm or firearm ammunition
	directly en route to or from the hotel or the actor's hotel room;
	(C)  carries a firearm or firearm ammunition
	directly en route to or from the actor's vehicle located on the
	hotel property, including a vehicle in a parking area provided for
	hotel guests; or
	(D)  carries or stores a firearm or firearm
	ammunition in the actor's vehicle located on the hotel property,
	including a vehicle in a parking area provided for hotel guests.
	SECTION 5.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (e-4) to read as follows:
	(e-4)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
	the license holder is a guest of a hotel, as defined by Section
	2155.101, Occupations Code, and the license holder:
	(1)  carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's
	hotel room;
	(2)  carries a handgun directly en route to or from the
	hotel or the license holder's hotel room;
	(3)  carries a handgun directly en route to or from the
	license holder's vehicle located on the hotel property, including a
	vehicle in a parking area provided for hotel guests; or
	(4)  carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's
	vehicle located on the hotel property, including a vehicle in a
	parking area provided for hotel guests.
	SECTION 6.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (e-4) to read as follows:
	(e-4)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
	the license holder is a guest of a hotel, as defined by Section
	2155.101, Occupations Code, and the license holder:
	(1)  carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's
	hotel room;
	(2)  carries a handgun directly en route to or from the
	hotel or the license holder's hotel room;
	(3)  carries a handgun directly en route to or from the
	license holder's vehicle located on the hotel property, including a
	vehicle in a parking area provided for hotel guests; or
	(4)  carries or stores a handgun in the license holder's
	vehicle located on the hotel property, including a vehicle in a
	parking area provided for hotel guests.
	SECTION 7.  Sections 30.05, 30.06, and 30.07, Penal Code, as
	amended by this Act, apply 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 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 20 passed the Senate on
	April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2021, by the
	following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 20 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 81,
	Nays 62, one present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor