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Committee approves cleanup clarifying enhanced‑carry rights in public buildings
Summary
The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee approved SB 573, a cleanup bill clarifying that enhanced‑carry license holders may carry in publicly owned buildings and that ordinary "no firearms" signage cannot bar them; courthouses and courtrooms remain exempt. Local officials urged a local‑control carve‑out and raised security and cost concerns.
Senators on the City, County & Local Affairs Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 573, a measure Senator Bob Ballinger described as a "cleanup bill" intended to clarify where enhanced‑carry license holders may legally carry in publicly owned facilities. Ballinger told the panel the legislation was meant to restore the legislature’s original intent: that enhanced carriers who completed additional training be allowed in public buildings unless a statute expressly prohibits it.
The bill clarifies that ordinary "no firearms" signs placed by governments should not be used to bar enhanced…
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