By: Bell of Montgomery, et al.	H.B. No. 668
	(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst, et al.)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025;
	May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 15, 2025, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
	the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the
	department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted
	under Subsection (f), on the Internet:
	(1)  a renewal application on a form provided by the
	department;
	(2)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and
	(3)  the informational form described by Subsection (c)
	signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective
	date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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