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roadkill wrote:Does #3 with the churches remove it from the upgraded class A and make it a class C? As it stands now they must post.

Don't know, we'll have to wait until the text is released.

The chairman did say during the hearing that it's going to take longer than usual to get the committee report out for HB1911 because there were so many witnesses and they want to make sure there aren't any mistakes in the report that would leave the bill susceptible to a POO (Point of Order) when it hits the House floor.

I think it was last session that a gun bill (campus carry?) was temporarily derailed by Democrats after they raised a POO regarding a witness list mistake. The bill had to go back to committee to get the report fixed before it could return to the House floor.

Here's the details that were mentioned during the hearing when the committee passed CS HB1911:

1. Same eligibility requirements for unlicensed carry as licensed carry (21 years, certain misdemeanors disqualify, etc)
2. No impact on Campus Carry (still requires license)
3. Churches no longer prohibited, but can post signs like private businesses
4. Belt/shoulder holster requirement for Open Carry removed (still requires holster, but doesn't specify a particular type)

Hopefully the opponents of this bill will be as ineffective as they were at stopping licensed Open Carry last session.

http://www.reporternews.com/story/news/ ... 100671132/

Before the bill is ready for a floor vote, White said he hopes to meet with some of the law enforcement organizations that have signed up to oppose it, including the police unions of Dallas and Houston and the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas.

A CLEAT representative said Wednesday that the statewide police union remains opposed.