HB644 - Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.

  89R1219 AJA-D     By: Bell of Montgomery, Gerdes, Isaac, H.B. No. 644       Spiller       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection   with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,   is amended by adding Section 95A.0002 to read as follows:           Sec.   95A.0002.     LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH   ALLOWING CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (a) In this section, "license   holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter   H, Chapter 411, Government Code.           (b)     A person with control over the premises of a business   who allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a   concealed handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for   damages arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on   the premises by the license holder.           (c)     For purposes of this section, the lack of an oral or   written communication that constitutes notice for purposes of   Section 30.06, Penal Code, is sufficient to constitute allowing   entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed handgun.          SECTION 2.  Section 95A.0002, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that   accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action   that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that   date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.