HB1234 - Relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun.

      H.B. No. 1234         AN ACT   relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain   applications for a license to carry a handgun.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.1765 to read as follows:           Sec.   411.1765.     NOTICE OF CERTAIN DENIALS. (a)   This section   applies only to an application for the issuance of an original or   renewal license to carry a handgun for which the department has   received an opinion from a panel member of the medical advisory   board under Section 12.095, Health and Safety Code, that indicates   the applicant may be unable to exercise sound judgment with respect   to the proper use and storage of a handgun.           (b)     The department may not deny an application to which this   section applies, unless the department first provides the applicant   with:                 (1)     a written notice that specifically states the   reason the department is considering denying the application; and                 (2)     a period of not less than 30 days in which the   applicant may provide additional written materials to the   department to supplement or clarify the applicant's application   submitted under this subchapter.           (c)     The department shall forward any materials received in   the period described by Subsection (b)(2) to the entire medical   advisory board panel described by Subsection (a). After reviewing   the written materials, each panel member shall submit a written   report to the department stating the panel member's opinion as to   the ability of the applicant to exercise sound judgment with   respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.           (d)     After the medical advisory board panel submits the   written reports under Subsection (c), the department shall review   the application and determine whether to issue an original or   renewal license to carry a handgun or to deny the application.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an application for the issuance of an original or renewal license to   carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this   Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was   submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1234 was passed by the House on May 2,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 11, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 1234 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 104, Nays 28,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 1234 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays   6.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor