Which I guess we could call the "just trust me" bill.  H.B. 992 is nasty.

C.S.H.B. 992 amends Chapter 52, Labor Code by adding Subchapter G, which prohibits, except as otherwise provided in Section 52.061, a public or private employer from penalizing, discharging, or disciplining in any manner an employee that transports or stores a handgun in a locked vehicle, owned or leased by the employee, in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area provided by the employer for the employees, so long as the handgun is hidden from plain view in the vehicle's glove compartment, console, within a locked gun case, or other locked container within the vehicle, the employee is licensed to carry a concealed handgun under the Government Code, and the employee has filed a copy of their concealed carry license and a written statement, signed by the employee, with the employee's immediate supervisor stating that the employee is licensed to carry a concealed handgun under the Government Code; that they intend to store a concealed handgun in their locked vehicle while parked in the provided parking  lot, parking garage, or other parking area; and that they may not remove the handgun from their vehicle for anything other than self defense within the immediate parking area.  The employee does not have to submit a written statement that they are licensed to carry a concealed handgun under the Government Code if the employee transports or stores a handgun in a motor vehicle the employee is actively using in the course and scope of the employee's employment, which does not include travel between the employee's home and place of employment.

So I'm supposed to trust my employer not to discriminate against me or, especially, not to break into my truck and steal my gun.  Trust him not to blab about it to some ne'er-do-well cronies.

This is what happens when you have to get a "permit" to exercise a constitutionally protected right.  This law goes too far.  I've never notified an employer before, and I'm not about to start.

Does Rose have a dual personality disorder, or what?

JR notified me about this in comments.

Full text of bill at HB 991 - House Committee Report version - Bill Analysis.  Under current law, anyone can discover if anyone else has a CHL by submitting that person's name and paying the required fee.  They get a simple yes/no answer.  Full lists of all CHL holders in Texas are not available to anyone, including allegedly "authorized journalists," so publishing a list of all CHL holders isn't legally possible, although I suppose some real scumbag could leak it if they really wanted to.

H.B. 991 removes the requirement that DPS (Department of Public Safety) disclose to any person, other than state and local law enforcement agencies, whether an individual holds a concealed handgun license.

I'm trying to think of what the Brady Goon Squad is going to call this in their next lie campaign, but I can't come up with anything.  I guess I just don't have that mind-set.