Texas Penal Code

§ 30.07 — TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN

PE § 30.07Title 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY · Ch. 30. BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS

Statute text

(a)A license holder commits an offense if the license holder:

(1)openly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on property of another without effective consent; and

(2)received notice that entry on the property by a license holder openly carrying a handgun was forbidden.

(b)For purposes of this section, a person receives notice if the owner of the property or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner provides notice to the person by oral or written communication.

(c)In this section:

(1)"Entry" has the meaning assigned by Section 30.05(b).

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Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 39 (H.B. 302), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 481 (H.B. 2112), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (S.B. 550), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (H.B. 1927), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (H.B. 1927), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1008 (S.B. 20), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (H.B. 1069), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.002(19), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1116 (H.B. 4995), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.