By: Paxton, et al.	S.B. No. 1216
	(Hefner)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
	active and retired judicial officers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 411.201(a)(1) and (3), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(1)  "Active judicial officer" means:
	(A)  a person serving as a judge or justice of the
	supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a
	district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county
	court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate court, a
	justice court, or a municipal court;
	(B)  a federal judge who is a resident of this
	state; or
	(C)  a person appointed and serving as an
	associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code.
	(3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
	(A)  a visiting judge appointed to serve as the
	judge of a constitutional county court, a statutory county court,
	or a statutory probate court [under Section 26.023 or 26.024];
	(B)  a senior judge designated under Section
	75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section
	75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; or
	(C)  a retired federal judge who is a resident of
	this state.
	SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.