By: Canales, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)	H.B. No. 3443
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2023;
	May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or
	commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed
	to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 507.001(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  This section does not affect:
	(1)  the requirement to display a handgun license under
	Section 411.205, Government Code[, that a person subject to that
	section present a driver's license or identification certificate in
	addition to a concealed handgun license]; or
	(2)  the types of identification required under federal
	law to access airport premises or pass through airport security.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1795.  DESIGNATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
	COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. The department shall adopt rules
	allowing an applicant for an original, duplicate, modified, or
	renewed license under this subchapter, in addition to being issued
	an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license, to elect to
	include on the person's driver's license or commercial driver's
	license a designation indicating that the person is licensed under
	this subchapter.  The rules must include procedures to ensure that a
	person who makes an election under this section:
	(1)  receives a designation on the person's driver's
	license or commercial driver's license only if the person meets the
	requirements for issuance of the original, duplicate, modified, or
	renewed handgun license; and
	(2)  maintains the designation only during the period
	for which the person is licensed to carry a handgun under this
	subchapter.
	SECTION 3.  Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 411.205.  REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
	holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
	when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
	display identification, the license holder shall display:
	(1)  either of the following:
	(A)  the license holder's driver's license or
	commercial driver's license that includes a handgun license
	designation under Section 521.128 or 522.030, Transportation Code;
	or
	(B)  both the license holder's driver's license,
	commercial driver's license, or personal identification
	certificate issued by the department and the license holder's
	handgun license; and
	(2)  if the license holder's handgun license bears a
	protective order designation, a copy of the applicable court order
	under which the license holder is protected.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.128 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.128.  HANDGUN LICENSE DESIGNATION.  The department
	shall include on each driver's license issued to a person licensed
	to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government
	Code, who makes an election under Section 411.1795, Government
	Code, a designation that shows the person is licensed under that
	subchapter. The designation must include the person's handgun
	license number and a statement of the period for which the handgun
	license is effective.
	SECTION 5.  Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The department shall include on each commercial
	driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a handgun
	under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes an
	election under Section 411.1795, Government Code, a designation
	that shows the person is licensed under that subchapter.  The
	designation must include the person's handgun license number and a
	statement of the period for which the handgun license is effective.
	SECTION 6.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department
	of Public Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section
	411.1795, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 7.  (a) Section 411.1795, Government Code, as added
	by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,
	duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under
	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
	who submits the application on or after January 1, 2024.
	(b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 521 and
	522, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license or
	commercial driver's license issued or renewed under Chapter 521 or
	522, Transportation Code, on or after January 1, 2024.
	SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	* * * * *