Firearms Stored in Cars & Campus Concealed Carry Bills Need Your Support

by Ammoland April 01, 2011

Firearms Stored in Cars & Campus Concealed Carry Bills Need Your Support
HB 681~Still in Calendars
SB 354~Needs Attention in the Senate

Texas State Rifle Association

Houston, Tx –-(Ammoland.com)- The Concern With House Calendar’s Committee

With two months left in session, it may sound like the Texas Legislature has plenty of time to consider and act on legislation of importance to gun owners and sportsmen. In actuality, the deadline for the House to consider House bills is May 12, less than a month and a half away. Time last week was taken up with action on the voter i.d. bill. Debate on the budget is expected to last over three days this week. And the House will be considering redistricting plans and major state agency sunset legislation in the coming weeks.

In 2009, TSRA-backed legislation that would have allowed employees to transport and store firearms in their locked, private motor vehicles while parked at work, died on the House Calendar in the waning days of session when Democrats filibustered the voter i.d. bill and Republicans failed to take procedural action to end an entire week of stalling. This session, the Senate passed SB 321 by Sen. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy), that chamber’s version of the parking lot bill, in mid-March. There are no excuses for the House not acting on this issue this session!

HB 681, the House version of the employee/parking lot bill sponsored by Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington), has been reported out of the House Business & Industry Committee and is currently pending before the House Calendars Committee – the body which decides if and when a bill is scheduled for a vote by the full House of Representatives. It will soon be joined by HB 750, Rep. Joe Driver’s (R-Garland) bill to allow Texas CHLs – individuals who are 21 or older, have passed a state and federal criminal records check, completed a handgun training course and been issued a licensed to carry by the Department of Public Safety – to protect themselves on the campuses of public colleges and universities. That bill was recently reported out of the House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety and is on its way to the Calendars Committee.

Please contact the House Speaker and the following members of the Calendars Committee – politely urge them to set HB 681, the TSRA-backed employee parking lot bill, and HB 750, the TSRA-supported campus carry measure, on the House Calendar as soon as possible!

House Speaker Joe Straus
512-463-1000
To send an email, click on this link: Email Speaker Straus

House Calendars Committee Members

Todd Hunter, Chairman
512-463-0672
todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us
Dennis Bonnen, Vice-Chairman
512-463-0564
dennis.bonnen@house.state.tx.us
Dan Branch
512-463-0367
dan.branch@house.state.tx.us
Byron Cook
512-463-0730
byron.cook@house.state.tx.us
Charlie Geren
512-463-0610
charlie.geren@house.state.tx.us
Jim Keffer
512-463-0656
jim.keffer@house.state.tx.us
Tracy King
512-463-0194
tracy.king@house.state.tx.us
Lois Kolkhorst
512-463-0600
lois.kolkhorst@house.state.tx.us
Eddie Lucio III
512-463-0606
eddie.lucio@house.state.tx.us
Allan Ritter
512-463-0706
allan.ritter@house.state.tx.us
Burt Solomons
512-463-0478
burt.solomons@house.state.tx.us
Vicki Truitt
512-463-0690
vicki.truitt@house.state.tx.us
John Zerwas
512-463-0657
john.zerwas@house.state.tx.us
Conceal Carry on Campus in the Texas Senate

Please Help Push Concealed Carry on Campus in the Texas Senate
On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted out SB 354 by Sen. Jeff Wentworth, the campus carry companion bill to HB 750. A two-thirds vote of Senators present and voting (21 if they are all there) will be necessary to “suspend the regular order of business” and bring SB 354 up for consideration on the Senate floor in the coming weeks.

Please contact your State Senator and urge him or her to support SB 354 by voting to “suspend the regular order of business” so that the measure can be debated and voted on by the full Senate, and to oppose any gutting amendments to the bill – including any attempt to allow taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities to opt-out of its provisions!

SD 1 Sen. Kevin Eltife – Tyler
512-463-0101
kevin.eltife@senate.state.tx.us
SD 2 Sen. Bob Deuell – Greenville
512-463-0102
bob.deuell@senate.state.tx.us
SD 3 Sen. Robert Nichols – Jacksonville
512-463-0103
robert.nichols@senate.state.tx.us
SD 4 Sen. Tommy Williams – The Woodlands
512-463-0104
tommy.williams@senate.state.tx.us
SD 5 Sen. Steve Ogden – Bryan/College Station
512-463-0105
steve.ogden@senate.state.tx.us
SD 6 Sen. Mario Gallegos – Galena Park/Houston
512-463-0106
mario.gallegos@senate.state.tx.us
SD 7 Sen. Dan Patrick – Houston
512-463-0107
dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us
SD 8 Sen. Florence Shapiro – Plano
512-463-0108
florence.shapiro@senate.state.tx.us
SD 9 Sen. Chris Harris – Arlington
512-463-0109
chris.harris@senate.state.tx.us
SD 10 Sen. Wendy Davis – Fort Worth
512-463-0110
wendy.davis@senate.state.tx.us
SD 11 Sen. Mike Jackson – Pasadena
512-463-0111
mike.jackson@senate.state.tx.us
SD 12 Sen. Jane Nelson – Flower Mound
512-463-0112
jane.nelson@senate.state.tx.us
SD 14 Sen. Kirk Watson – Austin
512-463-0114
kirk.watson@senate.state.tx.us
SD 15 Sen. John Whitmire – Houston
512-463-0115
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
SD 16 Sen. John Carona – Dallas
512-463-0116
john.carona@senate.state.tx.us
SD 17 Sen. Joan Huffman – Houston/Lake Jackson
512-463-0117
joan.huffman@senate.state.tx.us
SD 18 Sen. Glenn Hegar – Katy
512-463-0118
glenn.hegar@senate.state.tx.us
SD 19 Sen. Carlos Uresti – San Antonio
512-463-0119
carlos.uresti@senate.state.tx.us
SD 20 Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa – McAllen
512-463-0120
juan.hinojosa@senate.state.tx.us
SD 22 Sen. Brian Birdwell – Waco/Granbury
512-463-0122
brian.birdwell@senate.state.tx.us
SD 24 Sen. Troy Fraser – Horseshoe Bay
512-463-0124
troy.fraser@senate.state.tx.us
SD 26 Sen. Leticia Van de Putte – San Antonio
512-463-0126
leticia.vandeputte@senate.state.tx.us
SD 27 Sen. Eddie Lucio – Brownsville
512-463-0127
eddie.lucio@senate.state.tx.us
SD 28 Sen. Robert Duncan – Lubbock
512-463-0128
robert.duncan@senate.state.tx.us
SD 29 Sen. Jose Rodriguez – El Paso
512-463-0129
jose.rodriguez@senate.state.tx.us
SD 30 Sen. Craig Estes – Wichita Falls
512-463-0130
craig.estes@senate.state.tx.us
SD 31 Sen. Kel Seliger – Amarillo
512-463-0131
kel.seliger@senate.state.tx.us

TSRA may be the NRA state affiliate but our money and our members are from Texas. I’m the point person but TSRA members make up the power. Join, renew, or upgrade your membership to the Texas State Rifle Association today.

Keep the faith,

Sincerely,

Alice Tripp
Texas State Rifle Association

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