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Texans who can lawfully carry a handgun, concealed or openly, would be permitted to do so without a license from the state under a bill that the Senate sent to Governor Greg Abbott Monday. Abbott has said he will sign the bill, HB 1927, making Texas the 21st state to pass such a law. Senate sponsor and Georgetown Senator Charles Schwertner told his colleagues that the bill is the strongest Second Amendment bill he’s seen in his career as an elected official. “During the conference committee, we worked diligently with our House colleagues to ensure a final bill that restores a fundamental right of all law-abiding citizens in Texas to carry without a license: a right that was stripped away in 1871, a right already afforded to owners of long guns, a right to fulfil our constitutional right to keep and bear arms without the requirement of a license,” he said. ....
Guns, police and the national anthem: Dan Patrick priorities sail through Texas House The GOP-dominated House passed several Senate bills on Monday, including ones to target counties that cut police funding and to bar hotels from prohibiting guns in guests’ rooms. The House Chamber at the Texas Capitol is pictured during the 87th Texas legislature on Friday, May 7, 2021, in Austin. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Updated on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:05 p.m. with final votes and more information on several bills. AUSTIN Monday was a great day for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas House. ....
A year after George Floyd's murder, only a few of Texas lawmakers' police reform measures appear likely to become law krgv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krgv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Texas House OKs Senate bill to require voter approval before cutting law enforcement funds but only for large counties Texas Tribune Tags: A sheriff s patrol vehicle parked outside the Travis County Courthouse on March 22, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Monday advanced the Senate’s proposal to require voter approval before law enforcement budget cuts after having made a substantial change: Senate Bill 23 would only apply to counties with more than 1 million residents, not city governments or less populated jurisdictions. The bill is part of a Republican-led effort to protect law enforcement funding after civil rights advocates last year called on local governments to reduce what they spend on policing and to reform police behavior, leading Austin to cut its police budget. The demand for systemic change came in the wake of repeated law enforcement kil ....
Credit: Evan L Roy/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Monday advanced the Senate’s proposal to require voter approval before law enforcement budget cuts after having made a substantial change: Senate Bill 23 would only apply to counties with more than 1 million residents, not city governments or less populated jurisdictions. The bill is part of a Republican-led effort to protect law enforcement funding after civil rights advocates last year called on local governments to reduce what they spend on policing and to reform police behavior, leading Austin to cut its police budget. The demand for systemic change came in the wake of repeated law enforcement killings of Black and Hispanic people in Texas and around the country, including George Floyd s murder last May. ....