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Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun, the official text

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H.B. No. 668

AN ACT

relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before

the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the

department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted

under Subsection (f), on the Internet:

(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the

department;

(2) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and

(3) the informational form described by Subsection (c)

signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a

handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective

date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 20, 3 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 668 was passed by the Senate on May

19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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