TX: SB112 Signed Into Law

[Bartholomew Roberts]

SB112 - The bill introduced by Senator Carona has passed both the Senate and House and been signed by the Governor. This is the bill that prevents New Orleans-style confiscations during a disaster.

The bill passed overwhelmingly (139-0-2 (two present but not voting) in the House, 30-0 in the Senate). In fact, several representatives who were not present made sure to get in on the record that if they had been there, they would have voted YES.

Thanks to all the gun owners out there who have done their part to make it clear to state politicians the right way to vote on these kinds of bills. It is nice to see that even the politicians who might not be with us 100% understand what they need to do to keep their seat.

 

[mec]

also passed the "stand your own ground" legislation that also prohibits junk lawsuits against people us justifiably use deadly force.

There is a chl privacy law somewhere in the works and the one about forbidding employers from banning guns in locked vehicles in company parking lots seems to be guttering around in some committee. A lot of authoritarian businesses oppose that one.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

TSRA is doing very well in Austin the past couple of sessions. I'm particularly pleased to see the way the votes are breaking too - almost universally in our favor. No controversy at all.

 

[CanonNinja]

there's also a new bill up for sponsorship i believe that makes your vehicle in Texas an extension of your home, therefor allowing handguns to be kept in the vehicle.. basically doing away with the traveling clause

 

[mec]

they did that the year before last- or tried. Rather than make the vehicle an extension, they defined " travelier' to mean any person not engaged in non traffic related criminal behavior who is riding in a vehicle. Several leftist metropolitan areas decided to defy the legislature. So, they are back at work trying to make it more solid.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Actually one of the problems was that the 2005 law didn't change the definition of travelling. It just created a legal presumption that you were travelling if you had a handgun in a vehicle. Some prosecutors decided that since presumptions are rebuttable, they would continue to arrest people anyway and try to rebut that presumption.

As a result, HB 1815 offered this session does rewrite the definition of travelling so that this problem will be corrected.

 

[CanonNinja]

that's the one.. i couldn't remember the number for the life of me