SB 864 - Reduces Required Hours for Concealed Handgun License Training - Texas Key Vote
Helen Giddings Did Not Vote on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 24, 2013
- Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 9, 2013
- House Bill Passed
- May 6, 2013
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 18, 2013
- Introduced
- Feb. 26, 2013
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Title: Reduces Required Hours for Concealed Handgun License Training
Signed by Governor Rick Perry
Title: Reduces Required Hours for Concealed Handgun License Training
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that reduces the number of classroom instruction hours required for concealed handgun license training, effective September 1, 2013.
Highlights:
- Reduces the number of classroom instruction hours required to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license to no less than 4 hours and no more than 6 hours, whereas existing law required no less than 10 hours and no more than 15 hours of classroom instruction (Sec. 2).
- Representative Alvarado is not listed on our vote breakdown because his vote did not accurately reflect his intentions; he initially voted "Nay" but changed his vote to "Yea" after the roll call.
- Representative Cortez is not listed on our vote breakdown because his vote failed to register; he would have voted “Nay”.
Title: Reduces Required Hours for Concealed Handgun License Training