By: West  S.B. No. 2054          (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 28, 2017, read   first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 1, 2017,   reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the   following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 1, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2054 By:  Nelson     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of   an airport.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 46.03(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (3)  "Secured area" means an area:                      (A)  of an airport terminal building or of an   adjacent aircraft parking area used by common carriers in air   transportation but not used by general aviation; and                      (B)  to which access is controlled [by the   inspection of persons and property] under federal law.          SECTION 2.  Section 46.03(e), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (e)  It is an exception to the application of [a defense to   prosecution under] Subsection (a)(5) that the actor:                (1)  checked all firearms as baggage in accordance with   federal or state law or regulations before entering a secured area;   or                (2)  was authorized by a federal agency to possess a   firearm in a secured area.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *