Police chiefs across the state had warned that a provision in the bill could endanger police officers, but a last minute change helped it pass Friday. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law.
A gun-rights advocate carries a rifle on his back and a cardboard cutout of pistol on his waist as a group protests outside the Texas Capitol.
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The bill, which had sparked concern from police departments across the state, is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Police departments in the nation's second most populous state had strongly opposed the bill, particularly a provision that would have made it illegal for officers to ask someone carrying a gun if they had a permit.
Local police chiefs had been urging Abbott to veto the bill, unless that provision was nixed, which lawmakers did at the last minute before the bill cleared the legislature Friday.
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