HB1696 - Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.

  89R7878 MZM-D     By: Canales, Metcalf, Virdell, Guillen H.B. No. 1696       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or   commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed   to carry a handgun.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 507.001(b), Business & Commerce Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  This section does not affect:                (1)  the requirement to display a handgun license under   Section 411.205, Government Code[ , that a person subject to that   section present a driver's license or identification certificate in   addition to a concealed handgun license ]; or                (2)  the types of identification required under federal   law to access airport premises or pass through airport security.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows:           Sec.   411.1795.     DESIGNATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE OR   COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. The department shall adopt rules   allowing an applicant for an original, duplicate, modified, or   renewed license under this subchapter, in addition to being issued   an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license, to elect to   include on the person's driver's license or commercial driver's   license a designation indicating that the person is licensed under   this subchapter.   The rules must include procedures to ensure that a   person who makes an election under this section:                 (1)     receives a designation on the person's driver's   license or commercial driver's license only if the person meets the   requirements for issuance of the original, duplicate, modified, or   renewed handgun license; and                 (2)     maintains the designation only during the period   for which the person is licensed to carry a handgun under this   subchapter.          SECTION 3.  Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 411.205.  REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license   holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person   when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder   display identification, the license holder shall display:                (1)   either of the following:                       (A)     the license holder's driver's license or   commercial driver's license that includes a handgun license   designation under Section 521.128 or 522.030, Transportation Code;   or                       (B)   both the license holder's driver's license ,   commercial driver's license, or personal identification   certificate issued by the department and the license holder's   handgun license; and                (2)  if the license holder's handgun license bears a   protective order designation, a copy of the applicable court order   under which the license holder is protected.          SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 521.128 to read as follows:           Sec.   521.128.     HANDGUN LICENSE DESIGNATION.   The department   shall include on each driver's license issued to a person licensed   to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government   Code, who makes an election under Section 411.1795, Government   Code, a designation that shows the person is licensed under that   subchapter. The designation must include the person's handgun   license number and a statement of the period for which the handgun   license is effective.          SECTION 5.  Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:           (e)     The department shall include on each commercial   driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a handgun   under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes an   election under Section 411.1795, Government Code, a designation   that shows the person is licensed under that subchapter.   The   designation must include the person's handgun license number and a   statement of the period for which the handgun license is effective.          SECTION 6.  Not later than December 1, 2025, the Department   of Public Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section   411.1795, Government Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 7.  (a) Section 411.1795, Government Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,   duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under   Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,   who submits the application on or after January 1, 2026.          (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 521 and   522, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license or   commercial driver's license issued or renewed under Chapter 521 or   522, Transportation Code, on or after January 1, 2026.          SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.