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Any bill that hasn't cleared one chamber by Monday, May 11th is dead. We're about to lose both campus-carry bills (HB1893 & SB1164). If the Calendars Committee doesn't send HB1893 to the floor in the next day or two, it's dead. If Senator Duncan doesn't have his committee vote on SB1164 TODAY...

HB1301 - Employer parking lots. The House version of the employer parking lot bill (HB1301) is up for a public hearing today (3/23/09) in the House Public Safety Committee. This committee has nine members and Representatives Caraway (C), Rodriquez (D) and Burnam (F) are guaranteed "no"...

A+ rated Sen. Hegar has filed SB730 which, if passed, will protect employees from employer policies forbidding the storage of firearms in the employee's locked motor vehicle while in a company parking lot, garage or other parking area. This is a very good bill without the notice requirements...

The 2009 Texas Legislative Session is just around the corner. I have opened the Bill Status Report on www.TexasCHLforum.com for the 2009 Session and it already has some gun-related bills that were prefiled. It's going to be an interesting session folks, so please keep informed of the bills...

PSC-IDPA is hosting the Texas State IDPA Championship for the 6th year in a row on Saturday June 3, 2006 at the PSC range in Friendswood, Texas. We have been working since the 2005 Championship to develop new innovative target systems and our Skunk Works guys have done a great job...

IDPA Shooters: TexasIDPA.com has been changed to a format that I believe will be more useful. All of the primary information is still available, including the Master Match Calendar, Event Calendar, Clubs & Contacts, Announcements and Links sections. The Yahoo User Group has...

The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, commonly referred to as CLEAT, has a long history of opposing gun-owners' rights in Texas, while seeking funding from those same people. After years of poor funding efforts, CLEAT finally stopped opposing Texas' efforts to pass a CHL statute...

Texas House Bill 2295 This is a modified reprint of a post on TexasCHLforum.com HB 2295 was filed on 3/8/04 by Robby Cook, an A-rated Democrat from Eagle Lake. This bill effectively does away with "exceptions" to the application of any part of the Penal Code, including exceptions to...

UPDATE: Texas SB664, the subject of a post beginning on Feb. 28th, has been assigned to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, but no public hearing has been scheduled. Senator Ellis sits on that committee, so it could ordinarily be a "friendly" committee for his own bill. However, all of...

This Senate Bill by Rodney Ellis was filed on 2/22/05 and has not yet been assigned to a committee. This is a very bad, very dangerous bill! It is grossly over-broad and the language used is far more dangerous than it appears on the surface. In a rare response to a bill at this early stage...

A new forum primarily for discussion of Texas CHL issues has been created at TexasCHLforum.com Regards, Chas.

A new web site has been launched focusing on IDPA activity in Texas. There are many excellent web sites for different IDPA clubs, but the goal for TexasIDPA.com is to provide IDPA shooters a central location to find IDPA clubs and matches, as well as post schedules for regular matches (weekly &...

SB501, the local government preemption bill for CHL holders, will prevent cities and governmental agencies from posting 30.06 signs on government property. HB878 is the companion bill in the House. Unlike the House, the Senate does not have a Calendars Committee and we need 21 votes in the...