The bill adds an exception to the state law that lists places where carrying certain weapons is an offense, so that two of those listed places, items (a)(7) and (13), no longer apply when the weapon is a location-restricted knife. It touches anyone who carries a location-restricted knife into those two kinds of places, and the prosecutors and police who enforce the weapon-free location law. Starting September 1, 2025, carrying that kind of knife into those two places would no longer support the offense, while the other listed places stay covered.
Labels
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1311 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1311 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 10, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Criminal Justice committee.
relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.
WHAT IT DOES
Items (a)(7) and (13), to be exact.
The bill adds an exception to the state law that lists places where carrying certain weapons is an offense, so that two of those listed places, items (a)(7) and (13), no longer apply when the weapon is a location-restricted knife. It touches anyone who carries a location-restricted knife into those two kinds of places, and the prosecutors and police who enforce the weapon-free location law. Starting September 1, 2025, carrying that kind of knife into those two places would no longer support the offense, while the other listed places stay covered.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 1985): 128 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 123 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 12 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses8
For
8
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
Dallas Police Association1 registration
Game Warden Peace Officers Association1 registration
Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #391 registration
Knife Rights1 registration
Self2 registrations
Self; Open Carry Texas1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 registration
Sources
8 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Weapons
Text
The text as introduced · 173 words
89R8435 JRR-F
By: Dutton
H.B. No. 2239
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) It is an exception to the application of Subsection
(a)(7) or (13) that the weapon that is the subject of the offense is
a location-restricted knife.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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