TITLE: Relating to prohibited requests for or disclosures of information regarding certain child-care facility license holders' ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm or other weapon; creating a criminal offense.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibited requests for or disclosures of information regarding certain child-care facility license holders' ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm or other weapon; creating a criminal offense.

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AN ACT relating to prohibited requests for or disclosures of information regarding certain child-care facility license holders' ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm or other weapon; creating a criminal offense. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 42.04413 to read as follows: Sec. 42.04413. PROHIBITION ON OBTAINING FIREARM INFORMATION. (a) This section applies to a person: (1) who holds a license, registration, or certification under this chapter; or (2) who applies for a license, registration, or certification under this chapter. (b) The department may not request, collect, compile, or disclose information regarding the lawful ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm or other weapon by a person described by Subsection (a). (c) A person who violates Subsection (b) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class Cmisdemeanor. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.