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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same | 
         
            |  | locked location in certain foster homes. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (e-1)  The commission may not prohibit possession of | 
         
            |  | lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an agency foster | 
         
            |  | home.  Minimum standards may be adopted under this section relating | 
         
            |  | to safety and proper storage of firearms and ammunition.  The | 
         
            |  | minimum standards must allow firearms and ammunition to be [ stored  | 
         
            |  | separately or] stored together in the same locked location [if the  | 
         
            |  | firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the  | 
         
            |  | firearms]. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the House on April | 
         
            |  | 21, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 98, Nays 50, 1 present, not | 
         
            |  | voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the Senate on May | 
         
            |  | 20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 11. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
            |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
         
            |  | Date | 
         
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            |  | _____________________ | 
         
            |  | Governor |