By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 2880          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;   May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the criminal punishment for the threatened exhibition   or use of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.125, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 37.125.  EXHIBITION, USE, OR THREAT OF EXHIBITION OR   USE OF FIREARMS. (a) A person commits an offense if, in a manner   intended to cause alarm or personal injury to another person or to   damage school property, the person intentionally:                (1)  exhibits or [,] uses[, or threatens to exhibit or   use] a firearm:                      (A) [(1)]  in or on any property, including a   parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area, that is owned by   a private or public school; or                      (B) [(2)]  on a school bus being used to transport   children to or from school-sponsored activities of a private or   public school;                (2)  threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on   property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by   Subdivision (1)(B) and was in possession of or had immediate access   to the firearm; or                (3)  threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on   property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by   Subdivision (1)(B).          (b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [this section]   is a third degree felony.          (c)  An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A   misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of   this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of   this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *