Monitoring the SessionSB 2620
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Didn’t post the state’s no-concealed-carry notice? That counts as permission, and the shield applies.
This bill says a business that lets people with a handgun license carry concealed on its property cannot be sued just because it gave that permission. It covers anyone who controls a business premises, and it counts not posting the state's no-concealed-carry notice as giving permission. Starting September 1, 2025, lawsuits over harm from a license holder's lawful concealed carry cannot rest only on the business having allowed the gun in.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 356 by Rep. Cecil Bell (Did not pass) 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 356 by Rep. Cecil Bell (Did not pass). 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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2620 · 2025-03-13
relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.
Didn’t post the state’s no-concealed-carry notice? That counts as permission, and the shield applies.
This bill says a business that lets people with a handgun license carry concealed on its property cannot be sued just because it gave that permission. It covers anyone who controls a business premises, and it counts not posting the state's no-concealed-carry notice as giving permission. Starting September 1, 2025, lawsuits over harm from a license holder's lawful concealed carry cannot rest only on the business having allowed the gun in.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“is not liable based solely on that permission for damages arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on the premises by the license holder”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill creates a lawsuit shield for businesses that allow licensed concealed carry on their premises.
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$0 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.
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Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909
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No floor vote loaded for this bill.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Cecil Bell, different lead author · Did not pass · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 9, 2023: Committee report sent to Calendars
Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
HB 644 by Bell, Cecil (identical)
Business & Commerce--General
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
Weapons
CONCEALED HANDGUNS
PUBLIC NOTICE
The text as introduced · 264 words
89R1219 AJA-D By: Creighton S.B. No. 2620 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 95A.0002 to read as follows: Sec. 95A.0002. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH ALLOWING CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (a) In this section, "license holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. (b) A person with control over the premises of a business who allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for damages arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on the premises by the license holder. (c) For purposes of this section, the lack of an oral or written communication that constitutes notice for purposes of Section 30.06, Penal Code, is sufficient to constitute allowing entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed handgun. SECTION 2. Section 95A.0002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.