H.B. No. 1234

	AN ACT
	relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain
	applications for a license to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.1765 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1765.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN DENIALS. (a)  This section
	applies only to an application for the issuance of an original or
	renewal license to carry a handgun for which the department has
	received an opinion from a panel member of the medical advisory
	board under Section 12.095, Health and Safety Code, that indicates
	the applicant may be unable to exercise sound judgment with respect
	to the proper use and storage of a handgun.
	(b)  The department may not deny an application to which this
	section applies, unless the department first provides the applicant
	with:
	(1)  a written notice that specifically states the
	reason the department is considering denying the application; and
	(2)  a period of not less than 30 days in which the
	applicant may provide additional written materials to the
	department to supplement or clarify the applicant's application
	submitted under this subchapter.
	(c)  The department shall forward any materials received in
	the period described by Subsection (b)(2) to the entire medical
	advisory board panel described by Subsection (a). After reviewing
	the written materials, each panel member shall submit a written
	report to the department stating the panel member's opinion as to
	the ability of the applicant to exercise sound judgment with
	respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.
	(d)  After the medical advisory board panel submits the
	written reports under Subsection (c), the department shall review
	the application and determine whether to issue an original or
	renewal license to carry a handgun or to deny the application.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an application for the issuance of an original or renewal license to
	carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this
	Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
	is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1234 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 11, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1234 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 104, Nays 28,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1234 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
	6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor