H.B. No. 1506         AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain   retired county court judges.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:                      (A)  a visiting judge appointed under Section   26.023 or 26.024;                      (B)  a senior judge designated under Section   75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section   75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; [or]                      (C)  a retired federal judge who is a resident of   this state; or                      (D)  a retired judge of a constitutional county   court or statutory county court who served at least 48 months in a   constitutional county court or statutory county court.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for a license to carry a handgun submitted on or   after the effective date of this Act.  An application submitted   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law   is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1506 was passed by the House on May 7,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 12, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1506 was passed by the Senate on May   27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor