HB2239 • 2025

Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Dutton | LaHood
Last action: 2025-05-12
Official status: 05/12/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

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Bill History

2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Justice
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1985
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
2025-01-29 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2239 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R8435 JRR-F

By: Dutton, LaHood, et al.

H.B. No. 2239

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j)

It is an exception to the application of Subsection

(a)(7) or (13) that the weapon that is the subject of the offense is

a location-restricted knife.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.