The following House Bills are scheduled for public hearings on 3/13/13 and 3/14/13. Please call and/or fax your Representatives and ask for their support. Please do likewise for each of the committee Members.
3/13/13:
HB553 - Creating an office for Texas peace officers aiding in the enforcement of certain federal gun laws.
3/14/13:
HB700 - Open-carry (Lavender)
HB706 - Comprehensive campus-carry
HB972 - Primary campus-carry bill (Fletcher, Vice-Chairman of committee hearing bill)
HB1077 - Extends "employer parking lot" bill to college campuses - applies to students and employees
HB1078 - Decriminalizes carrying on college "premises," activity grounds and buses
HB1298 - Clarifies what constitutes a school "activity ground"
HB1313 - Comprehensive campus-carry
CLICK HERE to find your Representative.
House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee:
Rep. Joseph Pickett - Chairman (512) 463-0596
Rep. Allen Fletcher - Vice-chairman (512) 463-0661
Rep. Philip Cortez (512) 463-0269
Rep. Tony Dale (512) 463-0696
Rep. Dan Flynn (512) 463-0880
Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt (512) 463-0682
Rep. George Lavender (512) 463-0692
Rep. Kenneth Sheets (512) 463-0244
Rep. Ron Simmons (512) 463-0478
House Select Committee on Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility
Rep. Brandon Creighton - Chairman (512) 463-0726
Rep. Cindy Burkett (512) 463-0464
Rep. Eddie Lucio III (512) 463-0606
Rep. Scott Turner (512) 463-0484
Rep. Armando Walle (512) 463-0924
There are multiple campus-carry bills filed with some providing wider coverage than others. Please do not express a preference for one over another and please do not express opposition to any specific campus-carry bill. We need as many as possible to clear the committee process, then we can concentrate on one or two. Obviously, the parking lot and decriminalizing bills are backups and will be unnecessary if comprehensive campus-carry passes, but we need them to clear the committee so they can be picked up if necessary. It's also obvious that Vice-Chairman Flether's HB972 is in a better position than the other comprehensive bills.