Legislation requiring the state’s public universities to allow handguns in dorms, classrooms and campus buildings is now one step away from becoming law.
After final approval from the Texas House Sunday, Senate Bill 11 now heads to Gov.Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign the measure. The state Senate approved the bill Saturday.
It took about an hour Sunday for the chamber to pass the controversial measure — over the passionate pleas of several Democrats who rose to speak against it — on a 98-to-47 vote.
"Texas has got to get past its obsession with guns and start placing its resources on our students and institutions," said state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston. "This should not be the banner headline from this legislative session."
Read more at The Texas Tribune: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/campus-carry-bill-heads-gov-abbott/